So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.
So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills (note: Hebrew Shephelah or lowlands; that is, the western foothills of Judea), and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.