Chapter
11
- 11:1
- And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those
things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king
of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
- 11:2
- And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains,
and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and
in the borders of Dor on the west,
- 11:3
- And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to
the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite
in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land
of Mizpeh.
- 11:4
- 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.
- 11:5
- And when all these kings were met together, they came and
pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
- 11:6
- And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them:
for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain
before Israel: thou shalt hough 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 they fell upon them.
- 11:8
- And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who
smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim,
and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them,
until they left them none remaining.
- 11:9
- And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed
their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
- 11:10
- And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and
smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime
was the head of all those kingdoms.
- 11:11
- And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge
of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left
to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
- 11:12
- And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them,
did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword,
and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded.
- 11:13
- But as for the cities that stood still in their strength,
Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua
burn.
- 11:14
- 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 to breathe.
- 11:15
- As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command
Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that
the LORD commanded Moses.
- 11:16
- 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 mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
- 11:17
- Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto
Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all
their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
- 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, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other
they took in battle.
- 11:20
- For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they
should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy
them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he
might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
- 11:21
- And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from
the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from
all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel:
Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
- 11:22
- There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children
of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
- 11:23
- So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the
LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance
unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And
the land rested from war.
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