CHAPTER 11
Now when
Jabin
king
of Hazor
heard of this,
he sent word
to
Jobab
king
of Madon,
to
the kings
of Shimron
and Achshaph,
to
the kings
of the north
in the mountains,
in the Arabah
south
of Chinnereth,
in the foothills,
and on the slopes
of Dor
to the west,
to the Canaanites
in the east
and west,
to the Amorites,
Hittites,
Perizzites,
and Jebusites
in the hill country,
and to the Hivites
at the foot of
Hermon
in the land
of Mizpah.
So these kings
came out
with
all
their armies,
a multitude
as numerous
as the sand
on
the seashore,
along with a great number
of horses
and chariots.
The LORD
said
to
Joshua,
“Do not
be afraid
of them,
for
by this
time
tomorrow
I
will deliver
all of them
slain
before
Israel.
You shall hamstring
their horses
and burn up
their chariots."
and the LORD
delivered
them into the hand
of Israel,
who struck them down
and pursued them
all the way to
Greater
Sidon
and Misrephoth-maim,
and eastward
as far as
the Valley
of Mizpeh.
They struck them down,
leaving
no
survivors.
Joshua
treated
them as
the LORD
had told him;
he hamstrung
their horses
and burned up
their chariots.
At that
time
Joshua
turned back
and captured
Hazor
and struck down
its king
with the sword,
because
Hazor
was
formerly
the head
of all
these
kingdoms.
The Israelites struck down
everyone
in Hazor
with the sword,
utterly destroying them.
Nothing
that breathed
remained,
and
Joshua burned down
Hazor itself.
Joshua
captured
all
these
kings
and their cities
and struck them down
with the sword.
He utterly destroyed
them,
as
Moses
the LORD’s
servant
had commanded.
Yet
Israel
did not
burn
any
of the cities
built
on
their mounds,
except
Hazor,
which Joshua
burned.
The Israelites
took for themselves
all
the plunder
and livestock
of these
cities,
but
they struck down
all
the people
with the sword
until
they had completely destroyed them,
not sparing anyone
who breathed.
As
the LORD
had commanded
His servant
Moses,
so Moses
commanded
Joshua.
That is what
Joshua
did,
leaving nothing
undone
of all
that
the LORD
had commanded
Moses.
So Joshua
took
this
entire
region:
the hill country,
all
the Negev,
all
the land
of Goshen,
the western foothills,
the Arabah,
and the mountains
of Israel
and their foothills,
from
Mount
Halak,
which rises
toward Seir,
as
far as Baal-gad
in the Valley
of Lebanon
at the foot of
Mount
Hermon.
He captured
all
their kings
and struck them down,
putting them to death.
No
city
made peace
with
the Israelites
except
the Hivites
living
in Gibeon;
all
others were taken
in battle.
For
it was
of
the LORD
to harden
their hearts
to engage
Israel
in battle,
that they would be completely destroyed
without
mercy
and
be annihilated
as
the LORD
had commanded
Moses.
At that
time
Joshua
proceeded
to eliminate
the Anakim
from
the hill country
of Hebron,
Debir,
and Anab,
and from all
the hill country
of Judah
and of Israel.
Joshua
completely destroyed
them with
their cities.
No
Anakim
were left
in the land
of the Israelites;
only
in Gaza,
Gath,
and Ashdod
did any survive.
So Joshua
took
the entire
land,
in keeping with all
that
the LORD
had spoken
to Moses.
And Joshua
gave
it as an inheritance
to Israel
according to the allotments
to their tribes.
Then the land
had rest
from war.