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And it was, when◦ Jabin king of Hazor heard , 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 from the north on◦ the mountain , and in the desert, south of Chinnereth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth Dor from the sea ;
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the Canaanite from the sunrise and from the sea , and the Amorite and the Hittite , and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite on◦ the mountain , and the Hivite under Hermon , in the land of Mizpah .
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And they went··out, they◦ and all their camps with▵ them, much people, as◦ the sand which is by◦ the lip of the sea for multitude , and horses and chariots exceedingly many .
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And all these kings congregated, and they came and encamped together at▵ the waters of Merom, to fight with▵ Israel .
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And Jehovah said unto▵ Joshua , Fear not on··account··of◦ them; for tomorrow about◦ this time will I▵ give · them all ·over slain before Israel ; thou shalt hamstring their horses , and burn··up 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 they fell upon them.
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And Jehovah gave them into the hand of Israel , and they smote them, and pursued them to◦ Zidon the great◦, to◦ Misrephoth-maim, and to◦ the vale of Mizpeh toward the sunrise; and they smote them until they left them none surviving.
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And Joshua did unto them as◦ Jehovah said unto him; he hamstrung their horses , and burned··up their chariots with fire .
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And Joshua turned ··back at that◦ time and captured Hazor , and smote the king of it with the sword , for Hazor before this◦ was the head of all these kingdoms.
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And they smote every soul who was in it with the mouth of the sword , dooming it; there remained not any who had breath; and Hazor he burned··up with the fire .
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And all the cities of those kings , and all the kings of them, did Joshua capture , and he smote them with the mouth of the sword , dooming them, as◦ Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded .
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Only all the cities that stood on their mounds , them Israel did not burn··up; except Hazor alone did Joshua burn··up.
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And all the spoil of these cities , and the beasts , the sons of Israel plundered for themselves◦; only they smote every human with the mouth of the sword until they blotted· them ·out; they left not any who had breath.
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As◦ Jehovah commanded Moses His servant , so did Moses command Joshua : and so did Joshua ; he turned· not ·aside from any thing that Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And Joshua took all this land , the mountain and all the south and all the land of Goshen , and the lowland, and the desert, and the mountain of Israel and its lowland,
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from Mount Halak that goes ··up to Seir*, and even··to Baal-gad, in the vale of Lebanon under Mount Hermon ; and all their kings he captured , and smote them, and put · them ·to··death.
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Many days did Joshua make war with◦ all these kings .
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There was not a city that made··peace with the sons of Israel , except▵ the Hivite dwelling ··in Gibeon ; they took all of them in battle .
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For it was of Jehovah to make· their hearts ·firm to meet Israel in battle , so··that He might doom them; that they might have no grace, but that he might blot· them◦ ·out, as◦ Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And Joshua came at that◦ time and cut··off the Anakim from the mountain , from Hebron , from Debir, from Anab, and from every mountain of Judah , and from every mountain of Israel , with their cities Joshua doomed them.
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There were no◦ Anakim remaining in the land of the sons of Israel ; only in Gaza , in Gath , and in Ashdod were· they ·left.
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And Joshua took all the land , according to all that Jehovah spoke to▵ Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel , according to their parts by their tribes ◦. And the land was quiet from war .