Joshua 11:16-20

A Summary of Israel’s Victories

11:16 Joshua conquered the whole land, ¹  including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, ²  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. ³  11:18 Joshua campaigned against ⁴  these kings for quite some time. ⁵  11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); ⁶  they had to conquer all of them, ⁷  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. ⁸ 

[11:16]  ¹ tn Heb “Joshua took all this land.”

[11:16]  ² tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”

[11:17]  ³ tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”

[11:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “made war with.”

[11:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “for many days.”

[11:19]  ⁷ tn The LXX omits this parenthetical note, which may represent a later scribal addition.

[11:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “the whole they took in battle.”

[11:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “for from the Lord it was to harden their heart[s] to meet for the battle with Israel, in order to annihilate them, so that they would receive no mercy, in order annihilate them, as the Lord commanded Moses.”