Joshua
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1When Jabin king of Hazor heard, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Kinnerot, in the Shephelah, and in Naphoth-dor on the west,
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Negev here is the south side of Kinnerot, the lake called Kinneret elsewhere. Naphoth-dor is the district of Dor.
3the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon, in the land of the Mizpah.
4They came out, they and all their camps with them, a people as many as the sand on the shore of the sea, and horses and chariots, very many.
5All these kings met by appointment. They came and camped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
6God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. said to Joshua, Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I am giving all of them over as slain before Israel. You shall cut the tendons of their horses, and their chariots you shall burn with fire.
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Te’aqqer is to cut the tendons at the back of the leg so the horse cannot run.
7Joshua came, and all the people of the war with him, against them at the waters of Merom, suddenly, and they fell on them.
8God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and chased them as far as Great Sidon, and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the Valley of Mizpeh on the east. They struck them until they had left them no survivor.
9Joshua did to them as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had said to him. He cut the tendons of their horses, and their chariots he burned with fire.
10Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor, and he struck its king with the sword, for Hazor had formerly been the head of all these kingdoms.
11They struck every person who was in it by the mouth of the sword, devoting them. Nothing that breathed was left, and Hazor he burned with fire.
12All the cities of these kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and he struck them by the mouth of the sword. He Set apart for God. In this book it is often marked to be destroyed. them, as Moses, the servant of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., had commanded.
13Only all the cities that stood on their mounds Israel did not burn, except Hazor alone. Joshua burned that.
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A tel is the mound a city stands on, the heap of what was built there before.
14All the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the sons of Israel plundered for themselves. Only every human being they struck by the mouth of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They did not leave anything that breathed.
15As God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He did not turn aside from anything of all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
16Joshua took all this land, the hill country, all the The dry country in the south., all the land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,
17from Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon, under Mount Hermon. All their kings he captured, struck, and put to death.
18For many days Joshua made war with all these kings.
19There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivite inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all the rest in battle.
20For it was from God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., to harden their heart to meet Israel in battle, so that he might devote them, and so that they would have no plea for favor, so that he might destroy them, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
21Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua Set apart for God. In this book it is often marked to be destroyed. them with their cities.
22No Anakim were left in the land of the sons of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain.
23Joshua took the whole land, according to all that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.