The Northern Conquest

11 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he ^(A)sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king ^(B)of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, ² and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of ^(C)Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights ^(D)of Dor on the west, ³ to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the ^(E)Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, ^(F)and the Hivite below ^(G)Hermon ^(H)in the land of Mizpah. ⁴ So they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people ^(I)as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵ And when all these kings had ^[a]met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

⁶ But the Lord said to Joshua, ^(J)“Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall ^(K)hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” ⁷ So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them. ⁸ And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to ^[b]Greater ^(L)Sidon, to the ^[c]Brook ^(M)Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining. ⁹ So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰ Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms. ¹¹ And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, ^(N)utterly destroying them. There was none left ^(O)breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.

¹² So all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, ^(P)as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. ¹³ But as for the cities that stood on their ^[d]mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned. ¹⁴ And all the ^(Q)spoil of these cities and the livestock, the children of Israel took as booty for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none breathing. ^15 (R)As the Lord had commanded Moses His servant, so ^(S)Moses commanded Joshua, and ^(T)so Joshua did. ^[e]He left nothing undone of all that the Lord had commanded Moses.

Summary of Joshua’s Conquests

¹⁶ Thus Joshua took all this land: ^(U)the mountain country, all the South, ^(V)all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the Jordan ^[f]plain—the mountains of Israel and its lowlands, ^17 (W)from ^[g]Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured ^(X)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 ^(Y)the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle. ²⁰ For ^(Z)it was of the Lord ^[h]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, ^(AA)as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²¹ And at that time Joshua came and cut off ^(AB)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 ^(AC)in Gaza, in Gath, ^(AD)and in Ashdod.

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

The Kings Conquered by Moses^(AH)

12 These are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel defeated, and whose land they possessed on the other side of the Jordan toward the rising of the sun, ^(AI)from the River Arnon ^(AJ)to Mount Hermon, and all the eastern Jordan plain: ² One king was ^(AK)Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled half of Gilead, from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, from the middle of that river, even as far as the River Jabbok, which is the border of the Ammonites, ³ and ^(AL)the eastern Jordan plain from the ^[i]Sea of Chinneroth as far as the ^[j]Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), ^(AM)the road to Beth Jeshimoth, and ^[k]southward below ^(AN)the^[l] slopes of Pisgah. ⁴ The other king was ^(AO)Og king of Bashan and his territory, who was of ^(AP)the remnant of the giants, ^(AQ)who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, ⁵ and reigned over ^(AR)Mount Hermon, ^(AS)over Salcah, over all Bashan, ^(AT)as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and over half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

^6 (AU)These Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel had conquered; and ^(AV)Moses the servant of the Lord had given it as a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.

The Kings Conquered by Joshua

⁷ And these are the kings of the country ^(AW)which Joshua and the children of Israel conquered on this side of the Jordan, on the west, from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon as far as ^[m]Mount Halak and the ascent to ^(AX)Seir, which Joshua ^(AY)gave to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions, ^8 (AZ)in the mountain country, in the lowlands, in the Jordan plain, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the South—^(BA)the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: ^9 (BB)the king of Jericho, one; ^(BC)the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; ^10 (BD)the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; ¹¹ the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; ¹² the king of Eglon, one; ^(BE)the king of Gezer, one; ^13 (BF)the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; ¹⁴ the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; ^15 (BG)the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; ^16 (BH)the king of Makkedah, one; ^(BI)the king of Bethel, one; ¹⁷ the king of Tappuah, one; ^(BJ)the king of Hepher, one; ¹⁸ the king of Aphek, one; the king of ^[n]Lasharon, one; ¹⁹ the king of Madon, one; ^(BK)the king of Hazor, one; ²⁰ the king of ^(BL)Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; ²¹ the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; ^22 (BM)the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; ²³ the king of Dor in the ^(BN)heights of Dor, one; the king of ^(BO)the people of Gilgal, one; ²⁴ the king of Tirzah, one—^(BP)all the kings, thirty-one.

Ten Lepers Cleansed

¹¹ Now it happened ^(A)as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. ¹² Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, ^(B)who stood afar off. ¹³ And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

¹⁴ So when He saw them, He said to them, ^(C)“Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.

¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice ^(D)glorified God, ¹⁶ and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a ^(E)Samaritan.

¹⁷ So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? ¹⁸ Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” ^19 (F)And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

The Coming of the Kingdom^(G)

²⁰ Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; ^21 (H)nor will they say, ^[a]‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, ^(I)the kingdom of God is ^[b]within you.”

²² Then He said to the disciples, ^(J)“The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. ^23 (K)And they will say to you, ^[c]‘Look here!’ or ‘Look there!’ Do not go after them or follow them. ^24 (L)For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. ^25 (M)But first He must suffer many things and be ^(N)rejected by this generation. ^26 (O)And as it ^(P)was in the ^(Q)days of ^(R)Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: ²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the ^(S)day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and ^(T)destroyed them all. ^28 (U)Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; ²⁹ but on ^(V)the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. ³⁰ Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man ^(W)is revealed.

³¹ “In that day, he ^(X)who is on the housetop, and his ^[d]goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. ^32 (Y)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (Z)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. ^34 (AA)I tell you, in that night there will be two ^[e]men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. ^35 (AB)Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. ^36 [f]Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”

³⁷ And they answered and said to Him, ^(AC)“Where, Lord?”

So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”

The Blessedness of Dwelling in the House of God

To the Chief Musician. ^(A)On^[a] an instrument of Gath. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.