Joshua 10:33
Translations
King James Version (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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people, putting all of them to death.
Webster's Revision
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
World English Bible
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
Clarke's Joshua 10:33 Bible Commentary
Horam king of Gezer - It is likely that Horam was in a state of alliance with the king of Lachish, and therefore came to his assistance as soon as it appeared that he was likely to be attacked. Joshua probably sent a detachment against him, before he was able to form a junction with the forces of Lachish; and utterly destroyed him and his army. Gezer is supposed to have been situated near Azotus. See 1 Maccabees 16:34. It fell to the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 16:3, but was probably taken afterwards by some of the remnant of the Canaanitish nations; for we find it was given by Pharaoh to his son-in-law Solomon, 1 Kings 9:16, which proves that it had got out of the possession of the Israelites previously to the days of Solomon.
Barnes's Joshua 10:33 Bible Commentary
Gezer lies on the southern border of the tribe of Ephraim Joshua 16:3. It was considerably to the northward of Joshua's present line of operations, and does not appear to have been captured at this time. He contented himself for the present with repulsing the attack made upon him, killed Horam (compare Joshua 12:12), inflicting a severe defeat upon his people, and then continued to pursue his conquests over the confederated kings and their allies in south Canaan.