| Chapter
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
favor, 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. |
