# Eglon This is the name of a city. See how you translated this in [Joshua 10:3](./03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # They captured it and struck 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]]