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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Joshua 11</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/joshua/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//joshua/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/joshua/">Joshua</a> > Joshua 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joshua/10.htm" title="Joshua 10">◄</a> Joshua 11 <a href="../joshua/12.htm" title="Joshua 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/joshua/11.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/joshua/11.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/joshua/11.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/joshua/11.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/joshua/11.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/joshua/11.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/joshua/11.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Conquest of the Northern Cities<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> and in Naphoth-dor<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> to the west; <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.” <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">Joshua Takes the Whole Land<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills, <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For it was of the LORD to harden<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/joshua/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>Shephelah</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>lowlands</i><span class="thin"> </span>; that is, the western foothills of Judea; also in verse 16<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>in the heights of Dor</i><span class="thin"> </span>; <i>Naphoth-dor</i><span class="thin"> </span> is a variant of <i>Naphath-dor</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../joshua/12.htm#23">Joshua 12:23</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>cherem</i><span class="thin"> </span> refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in verses 12, 20, and 21.<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>stiffen</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>strengthen</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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