Joshua 11:10-15

11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, ¹  and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time ²  the leader of all these kingdoms. 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword ³  – no one who breathed remained – and burned ⁴  Hazor.

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, ⁵  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded. 11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, ⁶  except for Hazor; ⁷  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 ⁸  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. ⁹ 

[11:10]  ¹ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:10]  ² tn Or “formerly.”

[11:11]  ³ tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”

[11:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[11:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

[11:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “standing on their mounds.”

[11:13]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”

[11:15]  ⁹ tn 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 which the Lord commanded Moses.”