Joshua 11-13 - Prayer Tents

Israel Defeats the Northern Armies

11When King Jabin of Hazor heard what had happened, he sent messages to the following kings: King Jobab of Madon; the king of Shimron; the king of Acshaph;H2985H4428H2674H8085H7971H3103H4428H4068H4428H8110H4428H407 2all the kings of the northern hill country; the kings in the Jordan Valley south of Galilee; the kings in the Galilean foothills; the kings of Naphoth-dor on the west;H4428H6828H2022H6160H5045H3672H8219H5299H1756H3220 3the kings of Canaan, both east and west; the kings of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites in the towns on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.H3669H4217H3220H567H2850H6522H2983H2022H2340H2768H776H4709 4All these kings came out to fight. Their combined armies formed a vast horde. And with all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like the sand on the seashore.H3318H4264H7227H5971H2344H3220H8193H7230H5483H7393H3966H7227 5The kings joined forces and established their camp around the water near Merom to fight against Israel.H4428H3259H935H2583H3162H4325H4792H3898H3478 6Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots."H3068H559H3091H3372H6440H4279H6256H5414H2491H6440H3478H6131H5483H8313H4818H784 7So Joshua and all his fighting men traveled to the water near Merom and attacked suddenly.H3091H935H5971H4421H4325H4792H6597H5307 8And the LORD gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.H3068H5414H3027H3478H5221H7291H7227H6721H4956H1237H4708H4217H5221H7604H8300 9Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the LORD had instructed.H3091H6213H3068H559H6131H5483H8313H4818H784 10Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.)H3091H6256H7725H3920H2674H5221H4428H2719H2674H6440H7218H4467 11The Israelites completely destroyed every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.H5221H5315H6310H2719H2763H3498H5397H8313H2674H784 12Joshua slaughtered all the other kings and their people, completely destroying them, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded.H5892H4428H4428H3091H3920H5221H6310H2719H2763H4872H5650H3068H6680 13But the Israelites did not burn any of the towns built on mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned.H5892H5975H8510H3478H8313H2108H2674H3091H8313 14And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors.H7998H5892H929H1121H3478H962H120H5221H6310H2719H8045H7604H5397 15As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. And Joshua did as he was told, carefully obeying all the commands that the LORD had given to Moses.H3068H6680H4872H5650H4872H6680H3091H6213H3091H5493H1697H5493H3068H6680H4872 16So Joshua conquered the entire region—the hill country, the entire Negev, the whole area around the town of Goshen, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountains of Israel, and the Galilean foothills.H3091H3947H776H2022H5045H776H1657H8219H6160H2022H3478H8219 17The Israelite territory now extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir in the south, as far north as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the valley of Lebanon. Joshua killed all the kings of those territories,H2022H2510H5927H8165H1171H1237H3844H2022H2768H4428H3920H5221H4191 18waging war for a long time to accomplish this.H3091H6213H4421H7227H3117H4428 19No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated.H5892H7999H1121H3478H2340H3427H1391H3947H4421 20For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.H3068H2388H3820H7125H3478H4421H2763H8467H8045H3068H6680H4872 21During this period Joshua destroyed all the descendants of Anak, who lived in the hill country of Hebron, Debir, Anab, and the entire hill country of Judah and Israel. He killed them all and completely destroyed their towns.H6256H935H3091H3772H6062H2022H2275H1688H6024H2022H3063H2022H3478H3091H2763H5892 22None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.H6062H3498H776H1121H3478H5804H1661H795H7604 23So Joshua took control of the entire land, just as the LORD had instructed Moses. He gave it to the people of Israel as their special possession, dividing the land among the tribes. So the land finally had rest from war.H3091H3947H776H3068H1696H4872H3091H5414H5159H3478H4256H7626H776H8252H4421

Kings Defeated East of the Jordan

12These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.H4428H776H1121H3478H5221H3423H776H5676H3383H4217H8121H5158H769H2022H2768H6160H4217 2King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half of the territory of Gilead.H5511H4428H567H3427H2809H4910H6177H8193H5158H769H8432H5158H2677H1568H5158H2999H1366H1121H5983 3Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.H6160H3220H3672H4217H3220H6160H4417H3220H4217H1870H1020H8486H798H794 4King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.H1366H5747H4428H1316H3499H7497H3427H6252H154 5He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah in the north and to all of Bashan in the east, and westward to the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. This territory included the northern half of Gilead, as far as the boundary of King Sihon of Heshbon.H4910H2022H2768H5548H1316H1366H1651H4602H2677H1568H1366H5511H4428H2809 6Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had destroyed the people of King Sihon and King Og. And Moses gave their land as a possession to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.H4872H5650H3068H1121H3478H5221H4872H5650H3068H5414H3425H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519

Kings Defeated West of the Jordan

7The following is a list of the kings that Joshua and the Israelite armies defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir. (Joshua gave this land to the tribes of Israel as their possession,H4428H776H3091H1121H3478H5221H5676H3383H3220H1171H1237H3844H2022H2510H5927H8165H3091H5414H7626H3478H3425H4256 8including the hill country, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, the mountain slopes, the Judean wilderness, and the Negev. The people who lived in this region were the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.) These are the kings Israel defeated.H2022H8219H6160H794H4057H5045H2850H567H3669H6522H2340H2983 9The king of Jericho The king of Ai, near BethelH4428H3405H259H4428H5857H6654H1008H259 10The king of Jerusalem The king of HebronH4428H3389H259H4428H2275H259 11The king of Jarmuth The king of LachishH4428H3412H259H4428H3923H259 12The king of Eglon The king of GezerH4428H5700H259H4428H1507H259 13The king of Debir The king of GederH4428H1688H259H4428H1445H259 14The king of Hormah The king of AradH4428H2767H259H4428H6166H259 15The king of Libnah The king of AdullamH4428H3841H259H4428H5725H259 16The king of Makkedah The king of BethelH4428H4719H259H4428H1008H259 17The king of Tappuah The king of HepherH4428H8599H259H4428H2660H259 18The king of Aphek The king of LasharonH4428H663H259H4428H8289H259 19The king of Madon The king of HazorH4428H4068H259H4428H2674H259 20The king of Shimron-meron The king of AcshaphH4428H8112H259H4428H407H259 21The king of Taanach The king of MegiddoH4428H8590H259H4428H4023H259 22The king of Kedesh The king of Jokneam in CarmelH4428H6943H259H4428H3362H3760H259 23The king of Dor in the town of Naphoth-dor The king of Goyim in GilgalH4428H1756H5299H1756H259H4428H1471H1537H259 24The king of Tirzah. In all, thirty-one kings were defeated.H4428H8656H259H4428H7970H259

The Land Yet to Be Conquered

13When Joshua was an old man, the LORD said to him, "You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.H3091H2204H935H3117H3068H559H2204H935H3117H7604H3966H7235H776H3423 2This is the territory that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and the Geshurites,H776H7604H1552H6430H1651 3and the larger territory of the Canaanites, extending from the stream of Shihor on the border of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron. It includes the territory of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The land of the AvvitesH7883H6440H4714H1366H6138H6828H2803H3669H2568H5633H6430H5841H796H832H1663H6139H5761 4in the south also remains to be conquered. In the north, the following area has not yet been conquered: all the land of the Canaanites, including Mearah (which belongs to the Sidonians), stretching northward to Aphek on the border of the Amorites;H8486H776H3669H4632H6722H663H1366H567 5the land of the Gebalites and all of the Lebanon mountain area to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath;H776H1382H3844H4217H8121H1171H2022H2768H935H2574 6and all the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, including all the land of the Sidonians."I myself will drive these people out of the land ahead of the Israelites. So be sure to give this land to Israel as a special possession, just as I have commanded you.H3427H2022H3844H4956H6722H3423H6440H1121H3478H5307H3478H5159H6680 7Include all this territory as Israel's possession when you divide this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh."H2505H776H5159H8672H7626H2677H7626H4519

The Land Divided East of the Jordan

8Half the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already received their grants of land on the east side of the Jordan, for Moses, the servant of the LORD, had previously assigned this land to them.H7206H1425H3947H5159H4872H5414H5676H3383H4217H4872H5650H3068H5414 9Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H4311H1769 10It also included all the towns of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had reigned in Heshbon, and extended as far as the borders of Ammon.H5892H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H1366H1121H5983 11It included Gilead, the territory of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan as far as Salecah,H1568H1366H1651H4602H2022H2768H1316H5548 12and all the territory of King Og of Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites, for Moses had attacked them and driven them out.H4468H5747H1316H4427H6252H154H7604H3499H7497H4872H5221H3423 13But the Israelites failed to drive out the people of Geshur and Maacah, so they continue to live among the Israelites to this day.H1121H3478H3423H1651H4602H1650H4601H3427H7130H3478H3117

An Allotment for the Tribe of Levi

14Moses did not assign any allotment of land to the tribe of Levi. Instead, as the LORD had promised them, their allotment came from the offerings burned on the altar to the LORD, the God of Israel.H7626H3878H5414H5159H801H3068H430H3478H801H5159H1696

The Land Given to the Tribe of Reuben

15Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.H4872H5414H4294H1121H7205H4940 16Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge (including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba.H1366H6177H8193H5158H769H5892H8432H5158H4334H4311 17It included Heshbon and the other towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,H2809H5892H4334H1769H1120H1010 18Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,H3096H6932H4158 19Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill above the valley,H7156H7643H6890H2022H6010 20Beth-peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth.H1047H798H794H1020 21The land of Reuben also included all the towns of the plain and the entire kingdom of Sihon. Sihon was the Amorite king who had reigned in Heshbon and was killed by Moses along with the leaders of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—princes living in the region who were allied with Sihon.H5892H4334H4468H5511H4428H567H4427H2809H4872H5221H5387H4080H189H7552H6698H2354H7254H5257H5511H3427H776 22The Israelites had also killed Balaam son of Beor, who used magic to tell the future.H1109H1121H1160H7080H1121H3478H2026H2719H413H2491 23The Jordan River marked the western boundary for the tribe of Reuben. The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Reuben.H1366H1121H7205H3383H1366H5159H1121H7205H4940H5892H2691

The Land Given to the Tribe of Gad

24Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the tribe of Gad.H4872H5414H4294H1410H1121H1410H4940 25Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer just west of Rabbah.H1366H3270H5892H1568H2677H776H1121H5983H6177H6440H7237 26It extended from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar.H2809H7434H993H4266H1366H1688 27In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along the Jordan River, extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee, and then turned eastward.H6010H1027H1039H5523H6829H3499H4468H5511H4428H2809H3383H1366H7097H3220H3672H5676H3383H4217 28The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.H5159H1121H1410H4940H5892H2691

The Land Given to the Half-Tribe of Manasseh

29Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.H4872H5414H2677H7626H4519H2677H4294H1121H4519H4940 30Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.H1366H4266H1316H4468H5747H4428H1316H2333H2971H1316H8346H5892 31It also included half of Gilead and King Og's royal cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei. All this was given to the clans of the descendants of Makir, who was Manasseh's son.H2677H1568H6252H154H5892H4468H5747H1316H1121H4353H1121H4519H2677H1121H4353H4940 32These are the allotments Moses had made while he was on the plains of Moab, across the Jordan River, east of Jericho.H4872H5157H6160H4124H5676H3383H3405H4217 33But Moses gave no allotment of land to the tribe of Levi, for the LORD, the God of Israel, had promised that he himself would be their allotment.H7626H3878H4872H5414H5159H3068H430H3478H5159H1696