Joshua 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, 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.