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It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
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and to the kings who were on the north , in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
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to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite , and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country , and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah .
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They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude , with very many horses and chariots.
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All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel .
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Yahweh said to Joshua , "Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time , I will deliver them up all slain before Israel . You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire ."
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So Joshua came , and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
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Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel , and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. They struck them until they left them none remaining.
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Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire .
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Joshua turned back at that time , and took Hazor , and struck its king with the sword : for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms.
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They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword , utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire .
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Joshua captured all the cities of those kings , with their kings , and he struck them with the edge of the sword , and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded .
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But as for the cities that stood on their mounds , Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
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The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities , with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword , until they had destroyed them. They didn't leave any who breathed.
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As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant , so Moses commanded Joshua . Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses .
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So Joshua captured all that land , the hill country , all the South , all the land of Goshen , the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel , and the lowland of the same;
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from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir , even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon . He took all their kings , struck 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 , except the Hivites , the inhabitants of Gibeon . They took all in battle .
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For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts , to come against Israel in battle , that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses .
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Joshua came at that time , and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron , from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah , and from all the hill country of Israel : Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities .
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There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel . Only in Gaza , in Gath , and in Ashdod, did some remain.
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So Joshua took the whole land , according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes . The land had rest from war .