1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard about this, he sent word to Jobab king of Merom, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph
2 and to the kings in the northern highlands, in the plain south of Chinneroth, and those in the lowlands and on the slopes of Dor to the west.
3 To eastward and to westward lived the Canaanites: in the highlands, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites; the Hivites, at the foot of Hermon in the area of Mizpah.
4 They set out with all their troops, a people as numerous as the sands of the sea, with a huge number of horses and chariots.
5 These kings, having all agreed on a meeting place, came and set up camp together at the Waters of Merom, to fight Israel.
6 Yahweh then said to Joshua, 'Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I shall hand them all over, cut to pieces, to Israel; you will hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.'
7 With all his warriors Joshua caught them unawares near the Waters of Merom and fell on them.
8 Yahweh put them at Israel's mercy and they defeated them and pursued them as far as Sidon the Great, and as far as Misrephoth to the west, and as far as the Vale of Mizpah to the east; they harried them until not one of them was left alive.
9 Joshua treated them as Yahweh had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10 Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor, putting its king to the sword. Hazor in olden days was the capital of all these kingdoms.
11 In compliance with the curse of destruction, they put every living creature there to the sword. Not a living soul was left, and Hazor was burnt to the ground.
12 All these royal cities and all their kings Joshua put to the sword in compliance with the curse of destruction, as Moses, servant of Yahweh, had ordered.
13 Yet of all these towns standing on their mounds, Israel burned none, apart from Hazor, burnt by Joshua.
14 All the spoils of these towns, including the livestock, the Israelites took as booty for themselves. But they put all the human beings to the sword till they had destroyed them completely; they did not leave a living soul.
15 What Yahweh had ordered his servant Moses, Moses in turn had ordered Joshua, and Joshua carried it out, leaving nothing undone of what Yahweh had ordered Moses.
16 In consequence, Joshua captured this entire country: the highlands, the whole Negeb and the whole of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, the highlands and lowlands of Israel.
17 From Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir, to Baal-Gad in the Vale of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon, he captured all their kings, struck them down and put them to death.
18 For many a day Joshua made war on all these kings;
19 no city had made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites who lived at Gibeon; all the rest had been captured in battle.
20 For Yahweh had decided to harden the hearts of these men, so that they would engage Israel in battle and thus come under the curse of destruction and so receive no quarter but be exterminated, as Yahweh had ordered Moses.
21 Joshua then went and wiped out the Anakim of the highlands, of Hebron, of Debir, of Anab, of all the highlands of Judah and of all the highlands of Israel; he delivered them and their towns over to the curse of destruction.
22 No Anakim were left in the territory of the Israelites, except at Gaza, Gath and Ashdod.
23 Joshua captured the entire country, just as Yahweh had told Moses, and he gave it as heritage to Israel, to be shared out between their tribes. And the country had rest from warfare.
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Joshua chapter 11 reports the conquest of several Cananite cities by the army of Israel, led by Joshua. The kings of these cities united their forces to resist the invasion of Israel, but were defeated and their territories were conquered. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Joshua 11.
Psalm 24:1: "From the Lord is the earth and its fullness, the world, and those who dwell in Him." This verse speaks of God's sovereignty about all things, including earth and its inhabitants. The conquest of Canaan by the Israelites was a fulfillment of God's will.
Deuteronomy 7:2: "And when the Lord your God surrender before you, then you will hurt them and to destroy them totally; thou shalt not make a covenant with them, and shall have mercy to them." This verse speaks of God's command for the Israelites to completely destroy the Cananites and make no covenant with them. This order was fulfilled in the conquest of Canaan by Joshua and his army.
Psalm 44:3: "For not by his sword they conquered the earth, nor his arm saved them, but it was your right, your arm and the light of your face, because you pleased with them." This verse speaks of the dependence of the Israelites in God to conquer the land of Canaan. It was by God's will and his intervention that Joshua and his army managed to defeat the Cananites.
Psalm 121:8: "The Lord will keep your departure and your entrance from now on and forever." This verse speaks of God's protection about those who trust in Him. Joshua and his army had the protection of God during the conquest of Canaan.
2 Samuel 22:47: "Long live the Lord, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation." This verse speaks of worship and gratitude to God for His salvation. The Israelites could worship and thank God for the victory in the conquest of Canaan.
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