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11When Jabin king of Hazor heard of all this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the king of Shimron; to the king of Acshaph;H2985H4428H2674H8085H7971H3103H4428H4068H4428H8110H4428H407 2to all the kings in the northern mountains; to the kings in the valley south of Kinnereth; to the kings in the western foothills and Naphoth Dor;H4428H6828H2022H6160H5045H3672H8219H5299H1756H3220 3to the Canaanites both east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah.H3669H4217H3220H567H2850H6522H2983H2022H2340H2768H776H4709 4They came out in full force, all their troops massed together—a huge army, in number like sand on an ocean beach—to say nothing of all the horses and chariots.H3318H4264H7227H5971H2344H3220H8193H7230H5483H7393H3966H7227 5All these kings met and set up camp together at the Waters of Merom, ready to fight against Israel.H4428H3259H935H2583H3162H4325H4792H3898H3478 6GOD said to Joshua: "Don't worry about them. This time tomorrow I'll hand them over to Israel, all dead. You'll hamstring their horses. You'll set fire to their chariots."H3068H559H3091H3372H6440H4279H6256H5414H2491H6440H3478H6131H5483H8313H4818H784 7Joshua, his entire army with him, took them by surprise, falling on them at the Waters of Merom.H3091H935H5971H4421H4325H4792H6597H5307 8GOD gave them to Israel, who struck and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and then to the Valley of Mizpah on the east. No survivors.H3068H5414H3027H3478H5221H7291H7227H6721H4956H1237H4708H4217H5221H7604H8300 9Joshua treated them following GOD's instructions: he hamstrung their horses; he burned up their chariots.H3091H6213H3068H559H6131H5483H8313H4818H784 10Then Joshua came back and took Hazor, killing its king. Early on Hazor had been head of all these kingdoms.H3091H6256H7725H3920H2674H5221H4428H2719H2674H6440H7218H4467 11They killed every person there, carrying out the holy curse—not a breath of life left anywhere. Then he burned down Hazor.H5221H5315H6310H2719H2763H3498H5397H8313H2674H784 12Joshua captured and massacred all the royal towns with their kings, the holy curse commanded by Moses the servant of GOD.H5892H4428H4428H3091H3920H5221H6310H2719H2763H4872H5650H3068H6680 13But Israel didn't burn the cities that were built on mounds, except for Hazor—Joshua did burn down Hazor.H5892H5975H8510H3478H8313H2108H2674H3091H8313 14The People of Israel plundered all the loot, including the cattle, from these towns for themselves. But they killed the people—total destruction. They left nothing human that breathed.H7998H5892H929H1121H3478H962H120H5221H6310H2719H8045H7604H5397 15Just as GOD commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it. He didn't leave incomplete one thing that GOD had commanded Moses.H3068H6680H4872H5650H4872H6680H3091H6213H3091H5493H1697H5493H3068H6680H4872 16Joshua took the whole country: the mountains, the southern desert, all of Goshen, the foothills, the valley (the Arabah), and the Israel mountains with their foothills,H3091H3947H776H2022H5045H776H1657H8219H6160H2022H3478H8219 17from Mount Halak, which towers over the region of Seir, all the way to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon in the shadows of Mount Hermon. He captured their kings and then killed them.H2022H2510H5927H8165H1171H1237H3844H2022H2768H4428H3920H5221H4191 18Joshua fought against these kings for a long time.H3091H6213H4421H7227H3117H4428 19Not one town made peace with the People of Israel, with the one exception of the Hivites who lived in Gibeon. Israel fought and took all the rest.H5892H7999H1121H3478H2340H3427H1391H3947H4421 20It was GOD's idea that they all would stubbornly fight the Israelites so he could put them under the holy curse without mercy. That way he could destroy them just as GOD had commanded Moses.H3068H2388H3820H7125H3478H4421H2763H8467H8045H3068H6680H4872 21Joshua came out at that time also to root out the Anakim from the hills, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from the mountains of Judah, from the mountains of Israel. Joshua carried out the holy curse on them and their cities.H6256H935H3091H3772H6062H2022H2275H1688H6024H2022H3063H2022H3478H3091H2763H5892 22No Anakim were left in the land of the People of Israel, except in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod—there were a few left there.H6062H3498H776H1121H3478H5804H1661H795H7604 23Joshua took the whole region. He did everything that GOD had told Moses. Then he parceled it out as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribes. And Israel had rest from war.H3091H3947H776H3068H1696H4872H3091H5414H5159H3478H4256H7626H776H8252H4421


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