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Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

16 So Joshua took all that land: the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland,(A) 17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them down, and put them to death.(B) 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a town that made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all were taken in battle.(C) 20 For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts so that they would come against Israel in battle, in order that they might be utterly destroyed and might receive no mercy but be exterminated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.(D)

21 At that time Joshua came and wiped out 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 utterly destroyed them with their towns.(E) 22 None of the Anakim was left in the land of the Israelites; some remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.(F)

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A Review of Joshua’s Conquests

16 So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev,[a] all the land of Goshen,[b] the Shephelah,[c] the Arabah,[d] and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,[e] 17 from Mount Halak that rises to Seir and to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon[f] at the foot of[g] Mount Hermon; he captured all their kings, struck them, and killed them. 18 For many days Joshua made war with all these kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the Israelites[h] besides the Hivites[i] and the inhabitants of Gibeon—all were taken in battle.[j] 20 For it was Yahweh that hardened their hearts,[k] to meet Israel in war in order to utterly destroy them without mercy, that they would destroy them just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

21 At that time Joshua came and exterminated the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 None of the Anakites were left in the land of the Israelites;[l] some remained only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 23 Joshua took all the land according to all that Yahweh had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel, according to their tribal divisions, and the land rested from war.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 11:16 An arid region south of the Judaean hills
  2. Joshua 11:16 A southern region; the name means “on the mountains”
  3. Joshua 11:16 Or “lowlands”; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea
  4. Joshua 11:16 A dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan valley
  5. Joshua 11:16 Or “lowlands”; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea
  6. Joshua 11:17 Or “white mountain”
  7. Joshua 11:17 Literally “under”
  8. Joshua 11:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  9. Joshua 11:19 Hebrew “Hivite”
  10. Joshua 11:19 Literally “the all they took in the battle”
  11. Joshua 11:20 Literally “made their hearts strong”
  12. Joshua 11:22 Literally “sons/children of Israel”