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          DASV: Joshua 11    

1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard what had happened, he sent to Jobab
king of Madon, and to the kings of Shimron and Acshaph,
2 and to the northern kings in the hill country, and in the Arabah
south of Kinnereth (Galilee), the lowlands, and Naphoth-dor
on the west,
3 to the Canaanites in the east and west, Amorites, Hittites,
Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites
below Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
4 They and their armies came out as numerous as the sand on the
sea shore, along with many horses and chariots.
5 All these kings joined forces and they came and camped together
at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them,
for tomorrow at this time I will hand all of them over to Israel,
dead. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots."
7 So Joshua and his whole army came against them at the waters
of Merom and attacked them suddenly.
8 The LORD gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck
them down, and chased them to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth-maim,
and eastward to the valley of Mizpeh and they struck them down
leaving no survivors.
9 Joshua did to them as the LORD told him to. He hamstrung their
horses and burned their chariots.
10 Then Joshua turned back and captured Hazor, and struck down its
king with the sword, for before that time Hazor had been the
head of all those kingdoms.
11 They struck down everyone in it with the edge of the sword,
totally destroying them; no one was left breathing. He burned Hazor.

12 Joshua captured all the towns of those kings as well as the
kings themselves, and he struck them down with the edge of the
sword, and totally destroyed them just as Moses, the servant of
the LORD, had commanded.
13 But Israel did not burn the towns built on their mounds,
except Hazor, which Joshua did burn.
14 The Israelites plundered all the spoil and livestock of these
towns for themselves, and they struck down everyone with the edge
of the sword, until they had destroyed them, not leaving anyone
who breathed.
15 Just as the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses
commanded Joshua. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD
had commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took the entire land, the hill country, all the Negev,
all the land around Goshen, and the western foothills, the Arabah,
and the hill country of Israel and its foothills,
17 from Mount Halak that rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad
in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He captured,
struck down and put to death all their kings.
18 Joshua waged war for a long time with all those kings.
19 There was not a single town that made peace with the Israelites,
except the Hivites living in Gibeon. They took them all in battle.
20 For it was the LORD who hardened their hearts, to wage war
against Israel, so that he might totally destroy them, and that
they might find no mercy, but that he might destroy them,
as the LORD had commanded Moses.

21 Now at that time Joshua came and eliminated the Anakim from the
hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab and from all the hill
country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel.
Joshua totally destroyed them with their towns.
22 There was not one of the Anakim left in the land of the Israelites.
Some in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod survived, however.

23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all the LORD had
instructed Moses. Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel
according to their tribal allotments. Then the land had rest from war.

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