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Texts -- Joshua 11:7-23 (NET)

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11:7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. 11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon , Misrephoth Maim , and the Mizpah Valley to the east . They struck them down until no survivors remained . 11:9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots . 11:10 At that time Joshua turned , captured Hazor , and struck down its king with the sword , for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms . 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword – no one who breathed remained – and burned Hazor . 11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword , as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded . 11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds , except for Hazor ; it was the only one Joshua burned . 11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle , but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live . 11:15 Moses the Lord’s servant passed on the Lord’s commands to Joshua , and Joshua did as he was told . He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses .
A Summary of Israel’s Victories
11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land , including the hill country , all the Negev , all the land of Goshen , the lowlands , the Arabah , the hill country of Israel and its lowlands , 11:17 from Mount Halak on up to Seir , as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon . He captured all their kings and executed them. 11:18 Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time . 11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon ); they had to conquer all of them, 11:20 for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel . He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy , as he had instructed Moses . 11:21 At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country – from Hebron , Debir , Anab , and all the hill country of Judah and Israel . Joshua annihilated them and their cities . 11:22 No Anakites were left in Israelite territory , though some remained in Gaza , Gath , and Ashdod . 11:23 Joshua conquered the whole land , just as the Lord had promised Moses , and he assigned Israel their tribal portions . Then the land was free of war .

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