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19 There was not a city that made peace with the Israelites[a] besides the Hivites[b] and the inhabitants of Gibeon—all were taken in battle.[c] 20 For it was Yahweh that hardened their hearts,[d] to meet Israel in war in order to utterly destroy them without mercy, that they would destroy them just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

21 At that time Joshua came and exterminated the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, 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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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 11:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Joshua 11:19 Hebrew “Hivite”
  3. Joshua 11:19 Literally “the all they took in the battle”
  4. Joshua 11:20 Literally “made their hearts strong”