Joshua
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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,
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,
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.
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 when all these kings were met
together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight
against Israel.
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.
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.
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.
9 And Joshua did unto them as the
LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with
fire.
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 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.
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.
13 But as for the cities that
stood still in their strength, 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 to breathe.
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.
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;
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.
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: all other they took in battle.
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.
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.
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.
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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