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Text -- Joshua 11:1-18 (NET)
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Israel Defeats a Northern Coalition
11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news, he organized a coalition , including King Jobab of Madon , the king of Shimron , the king of Acshaph ,
11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in the hill country , the Arabah south of Kinnereth , the lowlands , and the heights of Dor to the west .
11:3 Canaanites came from the east and west ; Amorites , Hittites , Perizzites , and Jebusites from the hill country ; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area 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 .
11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel .
11:6 The Lord told Joshua , “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel . You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots .”
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 .
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NET Notes -> Jos 11:1; Jos 11:1; Jos 11:2; Jos 11:2; Jos 11:2; Jos 11:3; Jos 11:3; Jos 11:4; Jos 11:5; Jos 11:6; Jos 11:7; Jos 11:8; Jos 11:8; Jos 11:9; Jos 11:10; Jos 11:10; Jos 11:11; Jos 11:11; Jos 11:12; Jos 11:13; Jos 11:13; Jos 11:14; Jos 11:15; Jos 11:16; Jos 11:16; Jos 11:17; Jos 11:18; Jos 11:18
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NET Notes: Jos 11:2 Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. M...
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NET Notes: Jos 11:4 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] hors...
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NET Notes: Jos 11:6 Heb “burn with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
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NET Notes: Jos 11:7 Heb “Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them at the Waters of Merom suddenly and fell upon them.”
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NET Notes: Jos 11:8 The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).
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NET Notes: Jos 11:9 Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
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NET Notes: Jos 11:11 Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
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NET Notes: Jos 11:14 Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”
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NET Notes: Jos 11:15 Heb “As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua acted accordingly; he did not turn aside a thing from all wh...
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