Joshua 11-12

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Conquests in Northern Canaan

11 When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he ^(A)sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, ²and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the ^(B)Arabah south of ^(C)Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and ^(D)in Naphoth-dor on the ^(E)west, ³to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the ^(F)Jebusites in the hill country, and the ^(G)Hivites under ^(H)Hermon in the land of ^(I)Mizpah. ⁴And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number ^(J)like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

⁶And the Lord said to Joshua, ^(K)“Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall ^(L)hamstring their horses and burn their ^(M)chariots with fire.” ⁷So Joshua and all his warriors came ^(N)suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them. ⁸And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as ^(O)Great Sidon and ^(P)Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of ^(Q)Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining. ⁹And Joshua did to them ^(R)just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰And Joshua turned back at that time and captured ^(S)Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. ¹¹And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;^[a] ^(T)there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. ¹²And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, ^(U)just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. ¹³But none of the cities that stood on mounds did Israel burn, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned. ¹⁴And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the people of Israel took for their plunder. But every person they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed. ¹⁵^(V)Just as the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, ^(W)so Moses commanded Joshua, ^(X)and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁶So Joshua took all that land, ^(Y)the hill country and all the Negeb and ^(Z)all the land of Goshen ^(AA)and the lowland ^(AB)and the Arabah ^(AC)and the hill country of Israel and its lowland ¹⁷^(AD)from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as ^(AE)Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below ^(AF)Mount Hermon. And he captured ^(AG)all their kings and struck them and put them to death. ¹⁸Joshua made war ^(AH)a long time with all those kings. ¹⁹There was not a city that made peace with the people of Israel except ^(AI)the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took them all in battle. ²⁰For it was the Lord's doing ^(AJ)to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, ^(AK)just as the Lord commanded Moses.

²¹And Joshua came at that time and cut off ^(AL)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 devoted them to destruction with their cities. ²²There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, ^(AM)in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain. ²³So Joshua took the whole land, ^(AN)according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. ^(AO)And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel ^(AP)according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.

Kings Defeated by Moses

12 Now these are the kings of the land whom the people of Israel defeated and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from ^(AQ)the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all ^(AR)the Arabah eastward: ²^(AS)Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and ^(AT)from the middle of the valley as far as the ^(AU)river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead, ³and ^(AV)the Arabah ^(AW)to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of ^(AX)the slopes of Pisgah; ⁴and ^(AY)Og^[b] king of Bashan, one of the remnant of ^(AZ)the Rephaim, ^(BA)who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei ⁵and ruled over ^(BB)Mount Hermon and ^(BC)Salecah and all Bashan ^(BD)to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon. ⁶^(BE)Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the people of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of the Lord ^(BF)gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Kings Defeated by Joshua

⁷And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to ^(BG)Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession ^(BH)according to their allotments, ⁸^(BI)in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb, the land of ^(BJ)the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites): ⁹^(BK)the king of Jericho, one; ^(BL)the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; ¹⁰^(BM)the king of Jerusalem, one; ^(BN)the king of Hebron, one; ¹¹^(BO)the king of Jarmuth, one; ^(BP)the king of Lachish, one; ¹²^(BQ)the king of Eglon, one; ^(BR)the king of Gezer, one; ¹³^(BS)the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; ¹⁴the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; ¹⁵^(BT)the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; ¹⁶^(BU)the king of Makkedah, one; ^(BV)the king of Bethel, one; ¹⁷the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; ¹⁸the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; ¹⁹^(BW)the king of Madon, one; ^(BX)the king of Hazor, one; ²⁰^(BY)the king of Shimron-meron, one; ^(BZ)the king of Achshaph, one; ²¹^(CA)the king of Taanach, one; ^(CB)the king of Megiddo, one; ²²the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; ²³^(CC)the king of Dor in ^(CD)Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee,^[c] one; ²⁴the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.

Footnotes

Joshua 11:11 That is, setting apart (devoting) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 12, 20, 21
Joshua 12:4 Septuagint; Hebrew the boundary of Og
Joshua 12:23 Septuagint; Hebrew Gilgal

Joshua 11-12

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Northern Kings Defeated

11 When Jabin^(A) king of Hazor^(B) heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron^(C) and Akshaph,^(D) ²and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah^(E) south of Kinnereth,^(F) in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor^(G) on the west; ³to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites^(H) and Jebusites in the hill country;^(I) and to the Hivites^(J) below Hermon^(K) in the region of Mizpah.^(L) ⁴They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.^(M) ⁵All these kings joined forces^(N) and made camp together at the Waters of Merom^(O) to fight against Israel.

⁶The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand^(P) all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring^(Q) their horses and burn their chariots.”^(R)

⁷So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, ⁸and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon,^(S) to Misrephoth Maim,^(T) and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. ⁹Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

¹⁰At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword.^(U) (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.) ¹¹Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed^[a] them,^(V) not sparing anyone that breathed,^(W) and he burned^(X) Hazor itself.

¹²Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.^(Y) ¹³Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds—except Hazor, which Joshua burned. ¹⁴The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed.^(Z) ¹⁵As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.^(AA)

¹⁶So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country,^(AB) all the Negev,^(AC) the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills,^(AD) the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, ¹⁷from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir,^(AE) to Baal Gad^(AF) in the Valley of Lebanon^(AG) below Mount Hermon.^(AH) He captured all their kings and put them to death.^(AI) ¹⁸Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. ¹⁹Except for the Hivites^(AJ) living in Gibeon,^(AK) not one city made a treaty of peace^(AL) with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. ²⁰For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts^(AM) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.^(AN)

²¹At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites^(AO) from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir^(AP) and Anab,^(AQ) from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. ²²No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza,^(AR) Gath^(AS) and Ashdod^(AT) did any survive.

²³So Joshua took the entire land,^(AU) just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance^(AV) to Israel according to their tribal divisions.^(AW) Then the land had rest^(AX) from war.^(AY)

List of Defeated Kings

12 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took^(AZ) over east of the Jordan,^(BA) from the Arnon^(BB) Gorge to Mount Hermon,^(BC) including all the eastern side of the Arabah:^(BD)

²Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.^(BE)

He ruled from Aroer^(BF) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge—from the middle of the gorge—to the Jabbok River,^(BG) which is the border of the Ammonites.^(BH) This included half of Gilead.^(BI) ³He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Galilee^[b]^(BJ) to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea^(BK)), to Beth Jeshimoth,^(BL) and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.^(BM)

⁴And the territory of Og king of Bashan,^(BN) one of the last of the Rephaites,^(BO) who reigned in Ashtaroth^(BP) and Edrei.

⁵He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah,^(BQ) all of Bashan^(BR) to the border of the people of Geshur^(BS) and Maakah,^(BT) and half of Gilead^(BU) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

⁶Moses, the servant of the Lord, and the Israelites conquered them.^(BV) And Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh to be their possession.^(BW)

⁷Here is a list of the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon^(BX) to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their lands as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their tribal divisions. ⁸The lands included the hill country, the western foothills, the Arabah, the mountain slopes, the wilderness and the Negev.^(BY) These were the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. These were the kings:^(BZ)

⁹the king of Jericho^(CA)	one
the king of Ai^(CB) (near Bethel^(CC))	one
¹⁰the king of Jerusalem^(CD)	one
the king of Hebron	one
¹¹the king of Jarmuth	one
the king of Lachish^(CE)	one
¹²the king of Eglon^(CF)	one
the king of Gezer^(CG)	one
¹³the king of Debir^(CH)	one
the king of Geder	one
¹⁴the king of Hormah^(CI)	one
the king of Arad^(CJ)	one
¹⁵the king of Libnah^(CK)	one
the king of Adullam^(CL)	one
¹⁶the king of Makkedah^(CM)	one
the king of Bethel^(CN)	one
¹⁷the king of Tappuah^(CO)	one
the king of Hepher^(CP)	one
¹⁸the king of Aphek^(CQ)	one
the king of Lasharon	one
¹⁹the king of Madon	one
the king of Hazor^(CR)	one
²⁰the king of Shimron Meron	one
the king of Akshaph^(CS)	one
²¹the king of Taanach^(CT)	one
the king of Megiddo^(CU)	one
²²the king of Kedesh^(CV)	one
the king of Jokneam^(CW) in Carmel^(CX)	one
²³the king of Dor (in Naphoth Dor^(CY))	one
the king of Goyim in Gilgal	one
²⁴the king of Tirzah^(CZ)	one
thirty-one kings in all.^(DA)

Footnotes

Joshua 11:11 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 12, 20 and 21.
Joshua 12:3 Hebrew Kinnereth

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