Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he 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.
- KJV Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none 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.
- 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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Cross-references · 8
- Judg 1:29Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.
- Josh 16:10They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
- Josh 16:3and it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, and on to Gezer; and ended at the sea.
- Josh 21:21They gave them Shechem with its suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its suburbs,
- Josh 12:12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
- 1 Chr 20:4After this, war arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued.
- 1 Chr 6:67They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
- 1 Kgs 9:15–17This is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised, to build Yahweh’s house, his own house, Millo, Jerusalem’s wall, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer.
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