26 Then Joshua put the kings to death and exposed their bodies on five poles, and they were left hanging on the poles until evening.

Other Translations of Joshua 10:26

King James Version

26 And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

English Standard Version

26 And afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees. And they hung on the trees until evening.

The Message

26 Then Joshua struck and killed the kings. He hung them on five trees where they remained until evening.

New King James Version

26 And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening.

New Living Translation

26 Then Joshua killed each of the five kings and impaled them on five sharpened poles, where they hung until evening.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Joshua 10:26

Commentary on Joshua 10:15-27

(Read Joshua 10:15-27)

None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. This shows their perfect safety. The kings were called to an account, as rebels against the Israel of God. Refuges of lies will but secure for God's judgment. God punished the abominable wickedness of these kings, the measure of whose iniquity was now full. And by this public act of justice, done upon these ringleaders of the Canaanites in sin, he would possess his people with the greater dread and detestation of the sins of the nations that God cast out from before them. Here is a type and figure of Christ's victories over the powers of darkness, and of believers' victories through him. In our spiritual conflicts we must not be satisfied with obtaining some important victory. We must pursue our scattered enemies, searching out the remains of sin as they rise up in our hearts, and thus pursue the conquest. In so doing, the Lord will afford light until the warfare be accomplished.