¹⁸ Y’hoshua made war with all those kings for a long time. ¹⁹ Not one city made peace with the people of Isra’el, except for the Hivi living in Giv‘on; they took everything in battle. ²⁰ For it was Adonai who caused them to harden their hearts and come against Isra’el in battle, so that they would be utterly destroyed, so that they would not find favor but be destroyed, in keeping with the orders Adonai had given Moshe.