Joshua 11:16-23

Expanded Bible

¹⁶ So Joshua defeated all the people in the land [^Ca general statement, since not every city was taken; 17:16; Judg. 1]. He had control of the mountains and ·the area of southern Canaan [^Lall the Negev], all the areas of Goshen, the ·western foothills [lowlands; ^LShephelah], and the ·Jordan Valley [or Arabah]. He controlled the ·mountains [hill country] of Israel and ·all the hills near them [or its lowlands/^LShephelah]. ¹⁷ ·Joshua controlled all the land from [^L…from] Mount Halak near ·Edom [^LSeir] to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon, below Mount Hermon. Joshua also captured all the kings in the land and killed them. ¹⁸ He ·fought [waged war] against them for ·many years [a long time; ^Lmany days]. ¹⁹ The people of only one city in all the land had made a peace ·agreement [covenant; treaty] with Israel—the Hivites living in Gibeon. All the other cities were defeated in war. ²⁰ The Lord ·made those people stubborn [^Lhardened their hearts; Ex. 8:15] so they would fight against Israel and ·he could completely destroy them [would be devoted to destruction; 2:10; 6:17] without mercy. This is what the Lord had commanded Moses to do.

²¹ Now Joshua fought the Anakites [or Anakim; Num. 13:33] who lived in the ·mountains [hill country] of Hebron, Debir, Anab, Judah, and Israel, and he completely destroyed them and their towns. ²² There were no Anakites left living in the land of the Israelites ·and only a few were left [or though some remained] in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. ²³ Joshua took control of all the ·land of Israel [^Lland] as the Lord had ·told Moses to do [or promised Moses] long ago. He gave the land to Israel, ·because he had promised it to them [^Las an inheritance]. ·Then Joshua divided the land among the tribes of Israel [^L…according to their tribal divisions], and ·there was peace in the land [the land had rest from war].