Joshua 12:10

Study note

Setting — Joshua records a catalog of defeated Canaanite rulers for Israel. This entry falls between the kings of Jericho and Ai and the kings of Jarmuth and Lachish.

The words — The Hebrew אֶחָד ('e.Chad) literally means "one." The text appends this word after each city name to mark exact numerical accounting.

The thread — The same rulers appear in Joshua 10:3 when they coordinate a military alliance, and in Joshua 10:23 when they are captured and removed from a cave.

Why it lands — The passage demands verification of the conquest record against the specific cities listed. It requires the reader to acknowledge the precise scope of the military campaigns without adding or subtracting from the documented count.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.