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18 Joshua campaigned against[a] these kings for quite some time.[b] 19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);[c] they had to conquer all of them,[d] 20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 11:18 tn Heb “made war with.”
  2. Joshua 11:18 tn Heb “for many days.”
  3. Joshua 11:19 tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.
  4. Joshua 11:19 tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”
  5. Joshua 11:20 tn Heb “for from the Lord it was to harden their heart[s] to meet for the battle with Israel, in order to annihilate them, so that they would receive no mercy, in order annihilate them, as the Lord commanded Moses.”

18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19 Except for the Hivites(A) living in Gibeon,(B) not one city made a treaty of peace(C) with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. 20 For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts(D) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.(E)

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