## He struck its king with the sword ##

This a more polite way to say "killed." AT: "Joshua killed the king of Hazor with his sword." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

## Hazor ##

This is the name of the most prominent city of all of the enemy armies (See:[[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## They attacked with the sword every living creature that was there... so there was not any living creature left alive ##

These two phrases share similar meanings and emphasize complete destruction. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])