Joshua 11:16-23
New English Translation
A Summary of Israel’s Victories
16 Joshua conquered the whole land,[a] including the hill country, all the Negev,[b] all the land of Goshen, the foothills,[c] the rift valley,[d] the hill country of Israel and its foothills, 17 from Mount Halak up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.[e] 18 Joshua campaigned against[f] these kings for quite some time.[g] 19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon);[h] they had to conquer all of them,[i] 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.[j]
21 At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country[k]—from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel.[l] Joshua annihilated them and their cities. 22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 23 Joshua conquered[m] the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses,[n] and he assigned Israel their tribal portions.[o] Then the land was free of war.
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- Joshua 11:16 tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”
- Joshua 11:16 sn The Negev is an area south of the Judean hill country and west of the rift valley. As a geographic feature it is an arid depression extending south to the Gulf of Aqabah, but the biblical reference is probably to the northern part of this region.
- Joshua 11:16 sn The foothills (שְׁפֵלָה, “shephelah”) refer to the transition region between the Judean hill country and the Mediterranean coastal plain.
- Joshua 11:16 sn As a geographic feature, the rift valley (עֲרָבָה, ʿaravah) extends from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. The reference here is probably to the Jordan Valley and the wider part of the rift valley below the Dead Sea.
- Joshua 11:17 tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”
- Joshua 11:18 tn Heb “made war with.”
- Joshua 11:18 tn Heb “for many days.”
- Joshua 11:19 tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.
- Joshua 11:19 tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”
- 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.”
- Joshua 11:21 tn Heb “went and cut off the Anakites from the hill country.”
- Joshua 11:21 tn Heb “and from all the hill country of Israel.”
- Joshua 11:23 tn Heb “took.”
- Joshua 11:23 tn Heb “according to all which the Lord said to Moses.” The translation assumes this refers to the promise of the land (see 1:3). Another possibility is that it refers to the Lord’s instructions, in which case the phrase could be translated, “just as the Lord had instructed Moses” (so NLT; cf. also NIV “had directed Moses”).
- Joshua 11:23 tn Heb “and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotted portions by their tribes.”
Joshua 11:16-23
International Standard Version
Summary of Joshua’s Victory
16 So Joshua conquered all of these territories: the hill country, all of the Negev,[a] the entire land of Goshen with its foothills, the plains of Jordan, and the mountains of Israel with its foothills 17 from Mount Halak and the ascent toward Seir, including as far as Baal-gad in the Lebanon Valley that lies at the foot of Mount Hermon. Joshua captured all of their kings, struck them down, and put them to death. 18 Joshua fought an extended campaign against all those kings. 19 There wasn’t a single[b] city that made a peace accord with the Israelis, except the Hivites who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis[c] captured all the rest[d] in battle, 20 because the Lord had hardened their hearts so they would fight Israel in war, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be completely wiped out, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
21 At that time Joshua came and annihilated the Anakim[e] from the hill country, that is, from Hebron, Debir, and Anab, as well as from all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them along with their cities. 22 None of the Anakim[f] remained in the land belonging to the Israelis—they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod. 23 Joshua conquered the entire land, in accordance with everything that the Lord had told Moses. Joshua presented it as an inheritance to Israel, dividing it according to tribal allotments. Then the land enjoyed rest from war.
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- Joshua 11:16 I.e. the southern region of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40
- Joshua 11:19 The Heb. lacks single
- Joshua 11:19 Lit. They
- Joshua 11:19 The Heb. lacks the rest
- Joshua 11:21 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
- Joshua 11:22 I.e. a race of giants that formerly populated Canaan; cf. Num 13:22, 33; Deut 9:2
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