06:011:005 And when all these kings were met together, they came and
pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
06:011:006 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of
them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain
before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots
with fire.
06:011:007 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against
them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
06:011:008 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who
smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim,
and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they
left them none remaining.
06:011:009 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed
their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
06:011:010 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and
smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the
head of all those kingdoms.
06:011:011 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge
of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to
breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
06:011:012 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of
them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and
he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
06:011:013 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength,
Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
06:011:014 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the
children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they
smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them,
neither left they any to breathe.
06:011:015 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses
command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that
the LORD commanded Moses.
06:011:016 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south
country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and
the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
06:011:017 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto
Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their
kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
06:011:018 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
06:011:019 There was not a city that made peace with the children of
Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took
in battle.
06:011:020 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they
should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them
utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy
them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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