Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining.
- BSB At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors.
- NKJV Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he left him none remaining.
- NASB Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivor.
- NLT During the attack on Lachish, King Horam of Gezer arrived with his army to help defend the town. But Joshua’s men killed him and his army, leaving no survivors.
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When the king of Gezer comes to help Lachish, Joshua defeats him and his army utterly. Outside reinforcements fare no better.
Overview
Horam of Gezer intervenes to aid Lachish but is wiped out along with his people. The defeat of an allied king shows that no coalition or rescue can withstand Israel's God. It demonstrates again that those who resist the LORD's advance share in the same judgment.
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- Judg 1:29Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.
- Josh 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
- Josh 16:3And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
- Josh 21:21For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs,
- Josh 12:12The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- 1 Chr 20:4And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
- 1 Chr 6:67And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
- 1 Kgs 9:15–17And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
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