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And it came to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heard [this], that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
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and to the kings that were northward in the mountains , and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and on the upland of Dor on the west,
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to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite , and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains , and to the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah .
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And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a people numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude , with horses and chariots very many .
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And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel .
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And Jehovah said to Joshua , Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow about this time will I give them all up slain before Israel : their horses shalt thou hough, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire .
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And Joshua , and all the people of war with him, came upon them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
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And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel , and they smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward, and smote them until none were left remaining to them.
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And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses , and burned their chariots with fire .
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And Joshua turned back at that time , and took Hazor , and smote the king thereof with the sword ; for Hazor was in times past the head of all those kingdoms.
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And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword , destroying them utterly: there was not any left to breathe; and he burned Hazor with fire .
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And all the cities of those kings and all their kings did Joshua take; and he smote them with the edge of the sword , destroying them utterly, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded .
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Only, all the cities that stood still upon their hills Israel did not burn, save Hazor alone, [which] Joshua burned.
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And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle the children of Israel took as prey to themselves; only, they smote all the men with the edge of the sword , until they had destroyed them: they left none that breathed.
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As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant , so did Moses command Joshua , and so did Joshua : he let nothing fail of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses .
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And Joshua took all that land , the mountain and all the south , and all the land of Goshen , and the lowland, and the plain , and the mountain of Israel , and its lowland;
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from the smooth mountain , which rises toward Seir , as far as Baal-Gad in the valley of Lebanon , at the foot of mount Hermon ; and he took all their kings , and smote them, and put them to death.
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Joshua made war a long time with all those kings .
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There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel , save the Hivites who dwelt at Gibeon ; they took all in battle .
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For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle , that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses .
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And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the mountains , from Hebron , from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountain of Judah , and from all the mountain of Israel : Joshua destroyed them utterly, with their cities .
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There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel ; only at Gazah, at Gath , and at Ashdod there remained .
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And Joshua took the whole land , according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes . And the land rested from war .