Joshua 11
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.