10:32a

And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel: The clause the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel is similar to verse 10:30a.

Here is another way to translate this phrase:

Yahweh enabled the Israelite army to defeat the people of the town of Lachish.

10:32b

and Joshua captured it on the second day: The clause Joshua captured it on the second day indicates that it took two days for Joshua and his army to defeat the town of Lachish, unlike the first two towns, which they defeated in only one day.

He put all the people to the sword: The clause put all the people to the sword is a Hebrew idiom. This is the same wording as the clauses in 10:28b and 10:30b. It is recommended that you translate it in a similar way.

The king of Lachish is not mentioned because he was one of the five kings who led the battle against the Gibeonites. Joshua killed him by the cave at Makkedah (10:23, 26).

10:32c

just as he had done to Libnah: The clause as he had done to Libnah refers to what Joshua did to the people of Libnah. It may be more natural in some languages to make this information explicit. For example:

Joshua killed all the people of Lachish, as ⌊he had killed⌋ all the people in Libnah

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