Joshua 11
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Joshua Defeats the Northern Kings
11 King Jabin of Hazor heard what had happened. So he sent messengers to King Jobab of Madon and to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph. 2 He also sent messengers to the northern kings in the mountains, the plains south of Chinneroth, the foothills, and Naphoth Dor in the west, 3 the Canaanites from east and west, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, the Jebusites in the mountains, and the Hivites at the foot of Mount Hermon in Mizpah. 4 They came out with all their armies. Their troops were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. They also had horses and chariots. 5 All these kings camped together by the Springs of Merom in order to fight Israel.
6 Yahweh told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them because I am going to give them to Israel. About this time tomorrow they will all be dead. You must disable their horses so that they cannot be used in battle. You must burn their chariots.” 7 Joshua and all his troops arrived suddenly at the Springs of Merom and attacked the Canaanite armies. 8 Yahweh handed them over to Israel, and the Israelites defeated them. The Israelites chased them as far as Great Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpah in the east. There were no survivors. 9 Joshua disabled their horses and burned their chariots, as Yahweh had told him.
10 Then Joshua turned back and captured Hazor. He killed its king with a sword. (Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.) 11 They claimed everyone for the Lord by destroying them with swords. Not one person survived. Joshua also burned Hazor.
12 So Joshua captured all these cities and their kings. He claimed them for the Lord by destroying them, as Yahweh’s servant Moses had commanded him. 13 Israel did not burn cities built on mounds. However, Joshua made an exception and burned Hazor. 14 The people of Israel took all the loot and livestock from these cities. But they put everyone to death until they were all destroyed. Not one person survived. 15 So Joshua carried out what Yahweh had commanded his servant Moses and what Moses had commanded him. He did not leave out anything Yahweh had commanded Moses.
16 Joshua took all this land, the mountains, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the foothills, the plains, and the mountains and foothills of Israel. 17 The land extended from Mount Halak which ascends to Seir as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and killed them. 18 Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time. 19 Not one city had made a peace treaty with the people of Israel except Gibeon, where the Hivites lived. Israel captured everything in battle. 20 Yahweh made their enemies stubborn enough to continue fighting against Israel so that he could claim them all for destruction without mercy, as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
21 At that time Joshua also wiped out the people of Anak in the mountains, in Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and in all the hills of Judah and Israel. Joshua claimed them for the Lord by destroying them and their cities. 22 None of the people of Anak remained in Israel. Some of them were left in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 23 Joshua captured the whole land as Yahweh had promised Moses. He gave it to Israel as a possession, dividing it among the tribes. So the land had peace.
Josué 11
Nouvelle Edition de Genève – NEG1979
Grande victoire près des eaux de Mérom
11 Jabin, roi de Hatsor, ayant appris ces choses, envoya des messagers à Jobab, roi de Madon, au roi de Schimron, au roi d’Acschaph, 2 aux rois qui étaient au nord dans la montagne, dans la plaine au midi de Kinnéreth, dans la vallée, et sur les hauteurs de Dor à l’occident, 3 aux Cananéens de l’orient et de l’occident, aux Amoréens, aux Héthiens, aux Phéréziens, aux Jébusiens dans la montagne, et aux Héviens au pied de l’Hermon dans le pays de Mitspa. 4 Ils sortirent, eux et toutes leurs armées avec eux, formant un peuple innombrable comme le sable qui est sur le bord de la mer, et ayant des chevaux et des chars en très grande quantité. 5 Tous ces rois fixèrent un lieu de réunion, et vinrent camper ensemble près des eaux de Mérom, pour combattre contre Israël.
6 L’Eternel dit à Josué: Ne les crains point, car demain, à ce moment-ci, je les livrerai tous frappés devant Israël. Tu couperas les jarrets à leurs chevaux, et tu brûleras au feu leurs chars.
7 Josué, avec tous ses gens de guerre, arriva subitement sur eux près des eaux de Mérom, et ils se précipitèrent au milieu d’eux. 8 L’Eternel les livra entre les mains d’Israël; ils les battirent et les poursuivirent jusqu’à Sidon la grande, jusqu’à Misrephoth-Maïm, et jusqu’à la vallée de Mitspa vers l’orient; ils les battirent, sans en laisser échapper aucun. 9 Josué les traita comme l’Eternel lui avait dit; il coupa les jarrets à leurs chevaux, et il brûla leurs chars au feu.
Conquête dans le nord
10 A son retour, et dans le même temps, Josué prit Hatsor, et frappa son roi avec l’épée: Hatsor était autrefois la principale ville de tous ces royaumes. 11 On frappa du tranchant de l’épée et l’on dévoua par interdit tous ceux qui s’y trouvaient, il ne resta rien de ce qui respirait, et l’on mit le feu à Hatsor.
12 Josué prit aussi toutes les villes de ces rois et tous leurs rois, et il les frappa du tranchant de l’épée, et il les dévoua par interdit, comme l’avait ordonné Moïse, serviteur de l’Eternel. 13 Mais Israël ne brûla aucune des villes situées sur des collines, à l’exception seulement de Hatsor, qui fut brûlée par Josué. 14 Les enfants d’Israël gardèrent pour eux tout le butin de ces villes et le bétail; mais ils frappèrent du tranchant de l’épée tous les hommes, jusqu’à ce qu’ils les aient détruits, sans rien laisser de ce qui respirait. 15 Josué exécuta les ordres de l’Eternel à Moïse, son serviteur, et de Moïse à Josué; il ne négligea rien de tout ce que l’Eternel avait ordonné à Moïse.
16 C’est ainsi que Josué s’empara de tout ce pays, de la montagne, de tout le midi, de tout le pays de Gosen, de la vallée, de la plaine, de la montagne d’Israël et de ses vallées, 17 depuis la montagne nue qui s’élève vers Séir jusqu’à Baal-Gad, dans la vallée du Liban, au pied de la montagne d’Hermon. Il prit tous leurs rois, les frappa et les fit mourir. 18 La guerre que soutint Josué contre tous ces rois fut de longue durée. 19 Il n’y eut aucune ville qui fit la paix avec les enfants d’Israël, excepté Gabaon, habitée par les Héviens; ils les prirent toutes en combattant. 20 Car l’Eternel permit que ces peuples s’obstinent à faire la guerre contre Israël, afin qu’Israël les dévoue par interdit, sans qu’il y ait pour eux de miséricorde, et qu’il les détruise, comme l’Eternel l’avait ordonné à Moïse.
21 Dans le même temps, Josué se mit en marche, et il extermina les Anakim de la montagne d’Hébron, de Debir, d’Anab, de toute la montagne de Juda et de toute la montagne d’Israël; Josué les dévoua par interdit, avec leurs villes. 22 Il ne resta point d’Anakim dans le pays des enfants d’Israël; il n’en resta qu’à Gaza, à Gath et à Asdod.
23 Josué s’empara donc de tout le pays, selon tout ce que l’Eternel avait dit à Moïse. Et Josué le donna en héritage à Israël, à chacun sa portion, d’après leurs tribus. Puis, le pays fut en repos et sans guerre.
Joshua 11
New International Version
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) 2 and 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; 3 to 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) 4 They 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) 5 All these kings joined forces(N) and made camp together at the Waters of Merom(O) to fight against Israel.
6 The 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)
7 So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, 8 and 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. 9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10 At 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.) 11 Everyone 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.
12 Joshua 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) 13 Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds—except Hazor, which Joshua burned. 14 The 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) 15 As 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)
16 So 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, 17 from 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) 18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19 Except 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. 20 For 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)
21 At 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. 22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza,(AR) Gath(AS) and Ashdod(AT) did any survive.
23 So 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)
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.
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