| 1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that
he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king
of Achshaph, 2 and to the kings that were on the north, in the
hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and
in the heights of Dor on the west, 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. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much
people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses
and chariots very many. 5 And all these kings met together; and they came
and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
6 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for
to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou
shalt hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Joshua
came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom
suddenly, and fell upon them. 8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand
of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto
Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them,
until they left them none remaining. 9 And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah
bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10 And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king
thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those
kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge
of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and
he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all
the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the
sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.
13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of
them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil of these
cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto
themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they
had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed. 15 As Jehovah
commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua;
he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah commanded Moses.
16 So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and
all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country
of Israel, and the lowland of the same; 17 from mount Halak, that goeth up
to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and
all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death. 18 Joshua
made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that
made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of
Gibeon: they took all in battle. 20 For it was of Jehovah 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 Jehovah
commanded Moses.
21 And 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. 22 There was none of the Anakim
left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in
Ashdod, did some remain. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to
all that Jehovah spake unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto
Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest
from war.
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