16 So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country,(A) all the Negev,(B) the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills,(C) the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir,(D) to Baal Gad(E) in the Valley of Lebanon(F) below Mount Hermon.(G) He captured all their kings and put them to death.(H) 18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19 Except for the Hivites(I) living in Gibeon,(J) not one city made a treaty of peace(K) with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. 20 For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts(L) to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.(M)

21 At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites(N) from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir(O) and Anab,(P) 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,(Q) Gath(R) and Ashdod(S) did any survive.

23 So Joshua took the entire land,(T) just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance(U) to Israel according to their tribal divisions.(V) Then the land had rest(W) from war.(X)

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Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

16 Thus Joshua took all this land: (A)the mountain country, all the South, (B)all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan [a]plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, 17 (C)from [b]Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured (D)all their kings, and struck them down and killed them. 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 (E)the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle. 20 For (F)it was of the Lord [c]to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, (G)as the Lord had commanded Moses.

21 And at that time Joshua came and cut off (H)the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only (I)in Gaza, in Gath, (J)and in Ashdod.

23 So Joshua took the whole land, (K)according to all that the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel (L)according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land (M)rested from war.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 11:16 Heb. arabah
  2. Joshua 11:17 Lit. The Smooth or Bald Mountain
  3. Joshua 11:20 Lit. to make strong