They conquered the southern cities

29 That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went southwest from Makkedah to Libnah city and attacked it. 30 Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not ◄spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive►. They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho.

31 Then Joshua and his army went south from Libnah to Lachish city. They surrounded the city and attacked it. 32 On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer [MTY] the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone [DOU] in the city. 33 King Horam from Gezer city and his army came to help the soldiers of Lachish, but Joshua’s army defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive.

34 Then Joshua and his army went west from Lachish to Eglon city. They surrounded the city and attacked it. 35 On that day, they captured the city and killed [MTY] everyone in it [DOU], just like they had done at Lachish.

36 Then Joshua and his army went west from Eglon up into the hills to Hebron city. They attacked the city 37 and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive.

38 Then Joshua and his army turned south and went to Debir city and attacked it. 39 They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone [DOU]; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah.

40 That is how Joshua and his army conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings who ruled the hilly area, the dry southern area, the western foothills, and the eastern slopes. They killed everyone [DOU] in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive. 41 Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea city in the far south to Gaza city near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon city. 42 At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they ruled. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worship, was fighting for them.

43 Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal.