Verse 31
"And Joshua passed from Libnab, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
"Then Horam king of Gerer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
"And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it; and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish."
No chronological data whatever is given from here to the end of the chapter, and the campaign here being summarized must indeed have lasted a matter of weeks, or even longer, although, of course, as Plummer thought, none of these cities could have made a prolonged resistance to Joshua.
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