Joshua 11

New King James Version

The Northern Conquest

11 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heardthese things,that he^(A)sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king^(B)of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,² and to the kings whowerefrom the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of^(C)Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights^(D)of Dor on the west,³ to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the^(E)Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains,^(F)and the Hivite below^(G)Hermon^(H)in the land of Mizpah.⁴ So they went out, they and all their armies with them,asmany people^(I)asthe sand thatison the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.⁵ And when all these kings had^[a]met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

⁶ But theLordsaid to Joshua,^(J)“Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall^(K)hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”⁷ So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them.⁸ And theLorddelivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to^[b]Greater^(L)Sidon, to the^[c]Brook^(M)Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining.⁹ So Joshua did to them as theLordhad told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰ Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.¹¹ And they struck all the people whowerein it with the edge of the sword,^(N)utterly destroyingthem.There was none left^(O)breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.

¹² So all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them,^(P)as Moses the servant of theLordhad commanded.¹³ Butas forthe cities that stood on their^[d]mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only,whichJoshua burned.¹⁴ And all the^(Q)spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing.^15 (R)As theLordhad commanded Moses His servant, so^(S)Moses commanded Joshua, and^(T)so Joshua did.^[e]He left nothing undone of all that theLordhad commanded Moses.

Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

¹⁶ Thus Joshua took all this land:^(U)the mountain country, all the South,^(V)all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan^[f]plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowlands,^17 (W)from^[g]Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured^(X)all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.¹⁸ Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.¹⁹ There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except^(Y)the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. Allthe othersthey took in battle.²⁰ For^(Z)it was of theLord^[h]to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them,andthat they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them,^(AA)as theLordhad commanded Moses.

²¹ And at that time Joshua came and cut off^(AB)the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.²² None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only^(AC)in Gaza, in Gath,^(AD)and in Ashdod.

²³ So Joshua took the whole land,^(AE)according to all that theLordhad said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel^(AF)according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land^(AG)rested from war.