Then it came about, when Jabin
king
of aHazor
heard
of it, that he sent
to Jobab
king
of Madon
and to the king
of Shimron
and to the king
of Achshaph
,
and to the kings who
were of the north
in the hill
country
, and in the aArabah
--south
of 1Chinneroth
and in the lowland
and on the 2heights
of Dor
on the west
--
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 athe Hivite
1at the foot
of bHermon
in the land
of cMizpeh
.
They came out, they and all
their armies
with them, aas many
people
as the sand
that is on the seashore
, with very
many
horses
and chariots
.
So all of these
kings
having agreed
to meet
, came
and encamped
together
at the waters
of Merom
, to fight
against
Israel
.
Then the LORD said
to Joshua
, " aDo not be afraid
because
of them, for tomorrow
at this
time
I will deliver
all
of them slain
before
Israel
; you shall bhamstring
their horses
and burn
their chariots
with fire
."
So Joshua and all
the people
of war
with him came
upon them suddenly
by the waters
of Merom
, and attacked
them.
The LORD delivered
them into the hand
of Israel
, so that they 1defeated
them, and pursued
them as far
as Great
Sidon
and aMisrephoth-maim
and the valley
of bMizpeh
to the east
; and they struck
them until
no
survivor
was left
to them.
Joshua did
to them as the LORD
had told
him; he ahamstrung
their horses
and burned
their chariots
with fire
.
Then Joshua turned
back
at that time
, and captured
aHazor
and struck
its king
with the sword
; for Hazor
formerly
was the head
of all
these
kingdoms
.
aThey struck every
person
who
was in it with the edge
of the sword
, 1utterly
destroying
them; there was no
one left
who
breathed
. And he burned
Hazor
with fire
.
Joshua captured
all
the cities
of these
kings
, and all
their kings
, and he struck
them with the edge
of the sword
, and utterly
destroyed
them; just
aas Moses
the servant
of the LORD
had commanded
.
However, Israel
did not burn
any
cities
that stood
on their mounds
, except
Hazor
alone
, which Joshua
burned
.
aAll the spoil
of these
cities
and the cattle
, the sons
of Israel
took
as their plunder
; but they struck
every
man
with the edge
of the sword
, until
they had destroyed
them. They left
no
one
who
breathed
.
Just as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
his servant
, so
Moses
commanded
Joshua
, and so
Joshua
did
; he left
nothing
undone
of all
that the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Thus Joshua took
all
that land
: athe hill
country
and all
the 1Negev
, all
that land
of Goshen
, the lowland
, bthe Arabah
, the hill
country
of Israel
and its lowland
from aMount Halak
, that rises
toward Seir
, even as far
as Baal-gad
in the valley
of Lebanon
1at the foot
of Mount
Hermon
. And he captured
ball
their kings
and struck
them down
and put
them to death
.
Joshua waged
war
a long
time
with all
these
kings
.
There was not a city which
made
peace
with the sons
of Israel
except
athe Hivites
living
in Gibeon
; they took
them all
in battle
.
aFor it was of the LORD to 1harden
their hearts
, to meet
Israel
in battle
in order
that he might butterly
destroy
them, that they might 2receive
no
mercy
, but that he might destroy
them, just
as the LORD
had commanded
Moses
.
Then Joshua came
at that time
and cut
off
athe 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
.
There were no Anakim
left
in the land
of the sons
of Israel
; only
in Gaza
, in aGath
, and in bAshdod
some remained
.
So Joshua took
the whole
land
, according to all
that the LORD
had spoken
to Moses
, and aJoshua
gave
it for an inheritance
to Israel
according to their divisions
by their tribes
. bThus the land
had
rest
from war
.