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Joshua 11:1-5

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Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition

11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor 1  heard the news, he organized a coalition, including 2  King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph, 11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in 3  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, 4  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. 11:3 Canaanites came 5  from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area 6  of Mizpah. 11:4 These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots. 7  11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces 8  at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.

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[11:1]  1 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:1]  2 tn Heb “he sent to.”

[11:2]  3 tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”

[11:2]  4 tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).

[11:3]  5 tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).

[11:3]  6 tn Or “land.”

[11:4]  7 tn Heb “They and all their camps with them came out, a people as numerous as the sand which is on the edge of the sea in multitude, and [with] horses and chariots very numerous.”

[11:5]  8 tn Heb “and came and camped together.”



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