Josh 11
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And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab
king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
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and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south
of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
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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 the Hivite under Hermon in
the land of Mizpah.
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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.
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And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters
of Merom, to fight with Israel.
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And YHWH said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow at this time
will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hock their horses, and burn
their chariots with fire.
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So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of
Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
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And YHWH delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them
to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and
they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
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And Joshua did to them as YHWH bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots
with fire.
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And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote its king with
the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
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And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly
destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
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And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and
he smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the
servant of YHWH commanded.
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But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save
Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
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And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for
a prey to themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they
had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.
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As YHWH commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua;
he left nothing undone of all that YHWH commanded Moses.
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So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land
of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the
lowland of the same;
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from mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon
under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death.
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Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
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There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites
the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
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For it was of YHWH to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that
he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy
them, as YHWH commanded Moses.
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And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the 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.
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There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza,
in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
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So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that YHWH spoke to Moses; and Joshua
gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes.
And the land had rest from war.