en_tn/jos/10/36.md

Eglon

This is the name of a city. See how you translated this in Joshua 10:3. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

They captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword

The sword represents the army of Israel and striking expresses the idea of slaughter and destruction. AT: "They captured and killed and destroyed" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/joshua
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hebron
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/creature