Joshua 11:8-13

11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, ¹  Misrephoth Maim, ²  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 ³  their chariots.

11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, ⁴  and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time ⁵  the leader of all these kingdoms. 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword ⁶  – no one who breathed remained – and burned ⁷  Hazor.

11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, ⁸  as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded. 11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, ⁹  except for Hazor; ¹⁰  it was the only one Joshua burned.

[11:8]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[11:8]  ² tn The meaning of the Hebrew name “Misrephoth Maim” is perhaps “lime-kilns by the water” (see HALOT 2:641).

[11:9]  ³ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[11:10]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[11:10]  ⁵ tn Or “formerly.”

[11:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”

[11:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.

[11:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”

[11:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “standing on their mounds.”

[11:13]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.