Joshua Chapter 11 Back Next{11:1} It happened, when
Jabin king of
Hazor heard of it, that he sent to
Jobab king of
Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of
Achshaph,
{11:2} and to the kings who were on the north, in the
hill country, in the
Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of
Dor on the west,
{11:3} to the
Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under
Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
{11:4} They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many
horses and
chariots.
{11:5} All these kings met together; and they came and
encamped together at the waters of
Merom, to fight with
Israel.
{11:6} Yahweh said to
Joshua, "Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with
fire."
{11:7} So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
{11:8} Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to
great Sidon, and to
Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. They struck them until they left them none remaining.
{11:9} Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.
{11:10} Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms.
{11:11} They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire.
{11:12} Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.
{11:13} But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
{11:14} The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn't leave any who breathed.
{11:15} As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
{11:16} So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of
Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
{11:17} from
Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to
Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to
death.
{11:18} Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
{11:19} There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the
Hivites, the inhabitants of
Gibeon. They took all in battle.
{11:20} For it was of Yahweh to harden their
hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
{11:21} Joshua came at that time, and cut off the
Anakim from the hill country, from
Hebron, from
Debir, from
Anab, and from all the hill country of
Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
{11:22} There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in
Gaza, in
Gath, and in
Ashdod, did some remain.
{11:23} So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
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