THE BOOK OF JOSHUA

 

Joshua Chapter 11

1 ¶ When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the kings of Shimron, and Achshaph,

2 And to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

3 And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west, the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the mountains, and to the Hivites below mount Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

4 And they went out, with all their hosts, many people, like the sand on the sea shore in number, with very many horses and chariots.

5 And when all these kings met, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6 And the LORD said to Joshua, Do not be afraid of them: for tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all dead before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

7 So Joshua, and all the men of war with him, came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom; and they attacked them.

8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and Misrephothmaim, and eastward as far as the valley of Mizpeh; and they struck them down, until none remained.

9 And Joshua did to them what the LORD told him: he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

10 ¶ And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor was previously the head of all those kingdoms.

11 And they struck down all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: until nothing was left that breathed: and he burned Hazor with fire.

12 And Joshua took all the cities of those kings, and all the kings, and struck them with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

13 However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood on a hill, except Hazor only; that Joshua burned.

14 And the children of Israel took all of the goods of these cities, and the cattle, as their spoils; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, not leaving any who breathed.

15 ¶ As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the hill country of Israel, and its lowlands;

17 From mount Halak, that rises toward Seir, to Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon below mount Hermon: and he captured all their kings, struck them down, and put them to death.

18 Joshua waged a long war with all those kings.

19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites the people of Gibeon: all others they took in battle.

20 For it was the LORD’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would come against Israel in battle, that Israel might completely destroy them, and that without mercy, annihilating them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

21 And at that time Joshua also went, and cleared the Anakim out of the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah and Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them along with their cities.

22 None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel: however some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

23 So Joshua conquered the whole country, according to all that the LORD had told Moses; and Joshua gave it to Israel for an inheritance according to that allotted to each tribe. And the land had rest from war.