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Victories in the north

11 King Jabin of Hazor heard about this. So he sent word to Madon’s King Jobab, to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph. He sent word to the kings from the north part of the highlands, in the desert plain south of Chinneroth, in the lowlands, and in Naphoth-dor on the west. He sent word to the Canaanites from east and west, to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the highlands, and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. They went out with all their battalions as a great army. They were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. There were very many horses and chariots. All these kings came together. They came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

The Lord said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow, I will make them all dead bodies in Israel’s presence. Cripple their horses! Burn their chariots!”

Then Joshua along with the entire army launched a surprise attack against them at the waters of Merom. The Lord gave them into Israel’s power. They struck them down. They chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, then to the east as far as the Mizpeh Valley. They struck them down until no survivors were left. Joshua dealt with them exactly as the Lord had told him. He crippled their horses and burned their chariots.

10 Joshua turned back at that time. He captured Hazor and struck down its king with the sword. Hazor had been the head of all those kingdoms in the past. 11 They struck down everyone there without mercy, wiping them out as something reserved for God. Nothing that breathed was left. Hazor itself he burned. 12 Joshua captured all these kings and their cities. He struck them down without mercy. He wiped them out as something reserved for God. This was exactly as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded. 13 But Israel didn’t burn any of the cities that still are standing on their mounds. Joshua burned only Hazor. 14 The Israelites took all the valuable things from those cities and the cattle as plunder for themselves. But they struck down every person without mercy until they had wiped them out. They didn’t let anything that breathed survive. 15 What the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, Moses had commanded Joshua, and Joshua did exactly that. He didn’t deviate a bit from any command that the Lord had given Moses.

Summary of Israel’s victories

16 So Joshua took this whole land: the highlands, the whole arid southern plain, the whole land of Goshen, the lowlands, the desert plain, and both the highlands and the lowlands of Israel. 17 He took land stretching from Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the Lebanon Valley. He captured all their kings. He struck them down and killed them. 18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19 There wasn’t one city that made peace with the Israelites, except the Hivites who lived in Gibeon. They captured every single one in battle. 20 Their stubborn resistance came from the Lord and led them to wage war against Israel. Israel was then able to wipe them out as something reserved for God, without showing them any mercy. This was exactly what the Lord had commanded Moses.

21 At that time, Joshua went and wiped out the Anakim from the highlands. He wiped them out from Hebron, from Debir, and from Anab, from the whole highlands of Judah, and the whole highlands of Israel. Joshua wiped them out along with their cities as something reserved for God. 22 The Anakim no longer remained in the land of the Israelites. They survived only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, exactly as the Lord had promised Moses. Joshua gave it as a legacy to Israel according to their tribal shares. Then the land had a rest from war.

Tinalo ni Josue si Jabin at Kanyang mga Kasama

11 Nang mabalitaan ito ni Jabin na hari sa Hazor, siya'y nagpasugo kay Jobab na hari sa Madon, at sa hari sa Simron, at sa hari sa Acsaf,

at sa mga hari na nasa hilaga, sa lupaing maburol, at sa Araba sa timog ng Cinerot at sa mababang lupain, at sa mga kaitaasan ng Dor sa kanluran,

sa Cananeo sa silangan at kanluran, sa Amoreo, sa Heteo, sa Perezeo, sa Jebuseo sa lupaing maburol, at sa Heveo sa ibaba ng Hermon, sa lupain ng Mizpa.

At sila'y lumabas, kasama ang kanilang mga hukbo, napakaraming tao na gaya ng mga buhangin na nasa baybayin ng dagat sa dami, na may napakaraming kabayo at karwahe.

Pinagsama-sama ng mga haring ito ang kanilang mga hukbo at dumating at sama-samang nagkampo sa tubig ng Merom upang labanan ang Israel.

Sinabi ng Panginoon kay Josue, “Huwag kang matakot sa kanila sapagkat bukas, sa ganitong oras ay ibibigay ko silang lahat na patay sa harapan ng Israel; pipilayan ninyo ang kanilang mga kabayo at susunugin ng apoy ang kanilang mga karwahe.”

Kaya't biglang dumating sa kanila si Josue at ang lahat niyang mga mandirigma sa tabi ng tubig ng Merom, at sinalakay sila.

Ibinigay sila ng Panginoon sa kamay ng Israel, at kanilang pinuksa at hinabol sila hanggang sa malaking Sidon, at hanggang sa Misrefot-maim, at hanggang sa libis ng Mizpa, sa dakong silangan at pinatay nila sila hanggang sa wala silang iniwan sa kanila na nalabi.

Ginawa ni Josue sa kanila ang gaya ng iniutos ng Panginoon sa kanya; kanyang pinilayan ang kanilang mga kabayo, at sinunog ng apoy ang kanilang mga karwahe.

10 Bumalik si Josue nang panahong iyon at sinakop ang Hazor, at pinatay ng tabak ang hari nito, sapagkat nang una ang Hazor ay puno ng lahat ng mga kahariang iyon.

11 Kanilang pinatay ng talim ng tabak ang lahat ng taong naroon, na kanilang lubos na nilipol; walang naiwan na may hininga, at kanyang sinunog ang Hazor.

12 Lahat ng mga lunsod ng mga haring iyon at lahat ng mga hari ng mga iyon ay sinakop ni Josue, at kanyang pinatay sila ng talim ng tabak at lubos na nilipol sila; gaya ng iniutos ni Moises na lingkod ng Panginoon.

13 Ngunit tungkol sa mga lunsod na nakatayo sa kanilang mga bunton ay walang sinunog ang Israel, maliban sa Hazor na sinunog ni Josue.

14 Ang lahat na nasamsam sa mga lunsod na ito at ang mga hayop ay kinuha ng mga anak ni Israel bilang samsam para sa kanilang sarili; ngunit ang bawat tao ay pinatay nila ng talim ng tabak hanggang sa kanilang nalipol sila, ni hindi sila nag-iwan ng anumang may hininga.

15 Kung paanong nag-utos ang Panginoon kay Moises na kanyang lingkod ay gayon nag-utos si Moises kay Josue, at gayon ang ginawa ni Josue; wala siyang iniwang hindi ginawa sa lahat ng iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

Ang Nasasakupang Kinuha ni Josue

16 Kaya't sinakop ni Josue ang buong lupaing iyon, ang lupaing maburol, ang buong Negeb, ang buong lupain ng Goshen, ang mababang lupain, ang Araba, at ang lupaing maburol ng Israel, at ang mababang lupain niyon,

17 mula sa bundok ng Halak na paahon sa Seir, hanggang sa Baal-gad sa libis ng Lebanon sa ibaba ng bundok Hermon; at kinuha niya ang lahat ng kanilang mga hari, at kanyang pinatay sila.

18 Si Josue ay matagal na panahong nakipagdigmaan sa lahat ng mga haring iyon.

19 Walang bayang nakipagpayapaan sa mga anak ni Israel, maliban sa mga Heveo na mga taga-Gibeon; kanilang kinuhang lahat sa pakikipaglaban.

20 Sapagkat(A) pinapagmatigas ng Panginoon ang kanilang puso upang pumaroon laban sa Israel sa pakikipaglaban, upang kanilang mapuksa silang lubos, at huwag silang magtamo ng biyaya, kundi kanyang mapuksa sila, gaya nang iniutos ng Panginoon kay Moises.

21 Nang panahong iyon dumating si Josue at pinuksa ang mga Anakim mula sa lupaing maburol, Hebron, Debir, Anab, at sa buong lupaing maburol ng Juda, at sa buong lupaing maburol ng Israel; pinuksa silang lubos ni Josue pati ng kanilang mga bayan.

22 Walang naiwan sa mga Anakim sa lupain ng mga anak ni Israel; tanging sa Gaza, Gat, at sa Asdod lamang siya nag-iwan ng iilan.

23 Kaya't sinakop ni Josue ang buong lupain ayon sa lahat ng sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises; at ibinigay ito ni Josue bilang pamana sa Israel, ayon sa kanilang pagkakabahagi sang-ayon sa kanilang mga lipi. At ang lupain ay nagpahinga sa pakikipagdigma.