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And it cometh to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heareth , that he sendeth unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto the king of Achshaph,
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and unto the kings who [are] on the north in the hill -country, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the low country, and in the elevations 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 Mizpeh --
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and they go out , they and all their camps with them, a people numerous, as the sand which [is] on the sea -shore for multitude , and horse and charioteer very many ;
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and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel .
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And Jehovah saith unto Joshua , `Be not afraid of their presence, for to-morrow about this time I am giving all of them wounded before Israel ; their horses thou dost hough, and their chariots burn with fire .'
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And Joshua cometh , and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fall on them;
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and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of Israel , and they smite them and pursue them unto the great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-Maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward, and they smite them, till he hath not left to them a remnant;
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and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire .
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And Joshua turneth back at that time , and captureth Hazor , and its king he hath smitten by the sword ; for Hazor formerly [is] head of all these kingdoms;
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and they smite every person who [is] in it by the mouth of the sword ; he hath devoted -- he hath not left any one breathing, and Hazor he hath burnt with fire ;
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and all the cities of these kings , and all their kings , hath Joshua captured , and he smiteth them by the mouth of the sword ; he devoted them, as Moses , servant of Jehovah , commanded .
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Only, all the cities which are standing by their hill, Israel hath not burned them, save Hazor only, [it] hath Joshua burnt;
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and all the spoil of these cities , and the cattle, have the sons of Israel spoiled for themselves; only, every human being they have smitten by the mouth of the sword , till their destroying them; they have not left any one breathing.
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As Jehovah commanded Moses His servant , so did Moses command Joshua , and so hath Joshua done; he hath not turned aside a thing of all that Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And Joshua taketh all this land : the hill -country , and all the south , and all the land of Goshen , and the low country , and the plain , even the hill -country of Israel and its low lands ,
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from the mount of Halak, which is going up [to] Seir , and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon , under mount Hermon ; and all their kings he hath captured , and he smiteth them, and putteth them to death.
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Many days hath Joshua made with all these kings war ;
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there hath not been a city which made peace with the sons of Israel save the Hivite , inhabitants of Gibeon ; the whole they have taken in battle ;
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for from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart , to meet in battle with Israel , in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses .
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And Joshua cometh at that time , and cutteth off the Anakim from the hill -country, from Hebron , from Debir, from Anab, even from all the hill -country of Judah , and from all the hill -country of Israel ; with their cities hath Joshua devoted them.
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There hath not been left Anakim 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 taketh the whole of the land , according to all that Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses , and Joshua giveth it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes ; and the land hath rest from war .