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16 So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same; 17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death. 18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle. 20 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 21 Joshua came at that time, and cut off 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 cities. 22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.

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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”