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They totally destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/joshua/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites completely destroyed every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/joshua/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction; there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they smote all the souls that <i>were</i> therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying <i>them</i>: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And they struck all the people who <i>were</i> in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying <i>them.</i> There was none left breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying <i>them;</i> there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying <i>them;</i> there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And they struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, devoting <i>them</i> to destruction; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he set fire to Hazor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned Hazor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned down Hazor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/joshua/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and everyone else, then they set the town on fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They claimed everyone for the LORD by destroying them with swords. Not one person survived. Joshua also burned Hazor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They put everyone there to death; no one was left alive, and the city was burned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They executed all of the people who lived in it, completely destroying it and leaving no one alive. Then he burned Hazor in fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword--no one who breathed remained--and burned Hazor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they smote all the souls that were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burned Hazor with fire. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and they strike every person who [is] in it by the mouth of the sword; he has devoted—he has not left anyone breathing, and he has burned Hazor with fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and they smite every person who is in it by the mouth of the sword; he hath devoted -- he hath not left any one breathing, and Hazor he hath burnt with fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they will smite every soul which is in it with the mouth of the sword, exterminating: and no breath was left: and he burnt Hazor in fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he cut off all the souls that abode there: he left not in it any remains, but utterly destroyed all, and burned the city itself with fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/joshua/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he struck down all the souls that were staying there. He did not leave in it any remains, but he destroyed everything unto utter annihilation, and he destroyed the city itself with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He also struck down with the sword every person there, carrying out the ban, till none was left alive. Hazor itself he burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And they put to the sword all who were in it, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed, and he burned Hazor with fire.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they smote with the edge of the sword all the people that were in it, utterly destroying them; there was not a soul left among them; and he burned Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he destroyed all the souls in it by the mouth of the sword and he did not leave one of them breathing, and Khetsur he burned in fire<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed; and he burnt Hazor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they slew with the sword all that breathed in it, and utterly destroyed them all, and there was no living thing left in it; and they burnt Asor with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/11-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=2953" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Conquest of the Northern Cities</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">10</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. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yak·kū (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">The Israelites put</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">everyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·ne·p̄eš (Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">in Hazor</a> <a href="/hebrew/6310.htm" title="6310: lə·p̄î- (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Mouth. From pa'ah; the mouth, whether literal or figurative; specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially according to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">to the sword,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2763.htm" title="2763: ha·ḥă·rêm (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; to seclude; specifically to devote to religious uses; physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose.">devoting them to destruction.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">Nothing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5397.htm" title="5397: nə·šā·māh (N-fs) -- Breath. From nasham; a puff, i.e. Wind, angry or vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect. Or an animal.">that breathed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3498.htm" title="3498: nō·w·ṯar (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve.">remained,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: śā·rap̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">Joshua burned down</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: bā·’êš (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2674.htm" title="2674: ḥā·ṣō·wr (N-proper-fs) -- A collective form of chatser; village; Chatsor, the name of two places in Palestine and of one in Arabia.">Hazor itself.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Deuteronomy 7:2</a></span><br />and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/20-16.htm">Deuteronomy 20:16-17</a></span><br />However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes. / For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-3.htm">1 Samuel 15:3</a></span><br />Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/33-52.htm">Numbers 33:52</a></span><br />you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Judges 1:8</a></span><br />Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-21.htm">1 Kings 9:21</a></span><br />their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/8-7.htm">2 Chronicles 8:7-8</a></span><br />As for all the people who remained of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (these people were not Israelites)— / their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites had not destroyed—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-34.htm">Psalm 106:34-35</a></span><br />They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them, / but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9</a></span><br />behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-5.htm">Ezekiel 9:5-6</a></span><br />And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-7.htm">Matthew 22:7</a></span><br />The king was enraged, and he sent his troops to destroy those murderers and burn their city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-27.htm">Luke 19:27</a></span><br />And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a></span><br />And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-30.htm">Hebrews 11:30-31</a></span><br />By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. / By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-11.htm">Revelation 19:11-21</a></span><br />Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war. / He has eyes like blazing fire, and many royal crowns on His head. He has a name written on Him that only He Himself knows. / He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His name is The Word of God. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">any left to breathe [heb] any breath</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Joshua 10:40</a></b></br> So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/10-17.htm">Breathe</a> <a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Breathed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-16.htm">Breathing</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/joshua/7-26.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/joshua/11-9.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/joshua/10-33.htm">Death</a> <a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/joshua/10-35.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/joshua/10-39.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Hazor</a> <a href="/joshua/6-1.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/joshua/6-21.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/joshua/10-27.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/joshua/10-35.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/joshua/10-39.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/1-23.htm">Sparing</a> <a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/joshua/10-39.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/joshua/10-35.htm">Totally</a> <a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Breathe</a> <a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Breathed</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-17.htm">Breathing</a> <a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/judges/1-8.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/joshua/11-20.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/joshua/11-17.htm">Death</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Destroying</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Devoted</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">Hazor</a> <a href="/joshua/17-8.htm">Itself</a> <a href="/joshua/11-20.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/joshua/12-6.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/joshua/23-11.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/job/16-5.htm">Sparing</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/joshua/19-47.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Totally</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-1.htm">Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Hazor is taken and burnt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">All the country taken by Joshua</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">The Anakims cut off</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">The land rests from war</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Hazor was a significant Canaanite city, often considered the head of all those kingdoms (<a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Joshua 11:10</a>). The act of putting everyone to the sword reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of total warfare, where the complete annihilation of the enemy was sometimes seen as necessary to prevent future threats. This action was also in obedience to God's command to the Israelites to completely destroy the Canaanite nations (<a href="/deuteronomy/7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1-2</a>), which was intended to prevent the Israelites from being led astray by pagan practices.<p><b>devoting them to destruction</b><br>The term "devoting to destruction" translates the Hebrew word "herem," which means to consecrate something to God by completely destroying it. This was a form of divine judgment against the Canaanites for their idolatry and wickedness (<a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-25</a>). It also served to purify the land for the Israelites, ensuring that no pagan influences would remain to corrupt them. This concept is echoed in other parts of Scripture, such as in the destruction of Jericho (<a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Joshua 6:17-21</a>).<p><b>Nothing that breathed remained</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the totality of the destruction. It underscores the completeness of the judgment executed upon Hazor, leaving no survivors. This mirrors the instructions given in <a href="/deuteronomy/20-16.htm">Deuteronomy 20:16-18</a>, where God commanded the Israelites to leave nothing alive in the cities of the nations He was giving them as an inheritance. The thoroughness of this destruction was intended to prevent any future resurgence of the Canaanite culture and religion.<p><b>and Joshua burned down Hazor itself</b><br>Burning the city was a symbolic act of finality, ensuring that Hazor could not be easily rebuilt or reoccupied. Archaeological evidence supports the biblical account, as excavations at Hazor have revealed a layer of destruction by fire dating to the time of Joshua. This act of burning also served as a visible sign of God's judgment and the fulfillment of His promises to Israel. The destruction of Hazor can be seen as a type of the ultimate judgment that will come upon the world, as described in <a href="/revelation/18.htm">Revelation 18</a>, where Babylon the Great is also burned and destroyed.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, successor to Moses, who led the conquest of Canaan.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/hazor.htm">Hazor</a></b><br>A significant Canaanite city, described as the head of all those kingdoms, which was targeted and destroyed by the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanites.htm">Canaanites</a></b><br>The inhabitants of the land of Canaan, who were the primary opponents of the Israelites during their conquest of the Promised Land.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were fulfilling God's promise to give them the land of Canaan.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_conquest_of_canaan.htm">The Conquest of Canaan</a></b><br>A series of military campaigns led by Joshua to take possession of the land promised by God to the Israelites.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Joshua's actions demonstrate the importance of following God's instructions completely, even when they are difficult or challenging.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_severity_of_sin.htm">The Severity of Sin</a></b><br>The complete destruction of Hazor serves as a reminder of the seriousness with which God views sin and idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>The conquest of Canaan illustrates God's sovereign plan and His justice in dealing with nations that oppose His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were called to destroy physical strongholds, Christians are called to demolish spiritual strongholds in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_promises.htm">Trust in God's Promises</a></b><br>The fulfillment of God's promise to give the Israelites the land of Canaan encourages believers to trust in God's promises for their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_psalm_111_6's_events.htm">Psalm 111:6 speaks of God gifting nations to His people—what archaeological proof exists that this specific divine intervention took place? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_finds_contradict_the_bible's_timeline.htm">Why do archaeological findings contradict the biblical timeline for the destruction of various Canaanite cities?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_evidence_support_hazor's_destruction.htm">Does archaeological evidence support the total destruction of Hazor mentioned in Joshua 11:10–13? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_habakkuk_3_11_conflict_with_joshua_10.htm">In Habakkuk 3:11, does the claim that the sun and moon stood still indicate a literal astronomical anomaly, and does it conflict with other biblical passages like Joshua 10?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 11.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Utterly destroying them</span> (see note on Joshua 6:17; so below, ver. 12). <span class="cmt_word">There was not any left to breathe</span> (see note on Joshua 10:40). <span class="cmt_word">And he burnt Hazor with fire.</span> Comparing this verse with verses 13 and 21, there can be little doubt that Joshua had heard that the Anakim had succeeded in re-occupying the cities he had captured in the south. He resolved to prevent this in the case of Hazor, which had been the capital of the neighbourhood, though he did not think the same step necessary in the case of the inferior cities. Hazor was afterwards rebuilt and reoccupied by the Canaanites (<a href="/judges/4-2.htm">Judges 4:2</a>), though not in the time of Joshua. For the present, this destruction of the stronghold of Phoenician power in the north was a decisive measure, and would have been so permanently had the Israelites followed up the policy of Joshua. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/11-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[The Israelites] struck down</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֠יַּכּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·yak·kū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">everyone</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in [Hazor]</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֤הּ</span> <span class="translit">(bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">with the sword,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶ֙רֶב֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥe·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword</span><br /><br /><span class="word">utterly destroying [them].</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחֲרֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥă·rêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2763.htm">Strong's 2763: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Nothing</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that breathed</span><br /><span class="heb">נְשָׁמָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(nə·šā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5397.htm">Strong's 5397: </a> </span><span class="str2">A puff, wind, angry, vital breath, divine inspiration, intellect, an animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">remained,</span><br /><span class="heb">נוֹתַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(nō·w·ṯar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> </span><span class="str2">To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[Joshua] burned down</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8313.htm">Strong's 8313: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, on fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hazor itself.</span><br /><span class="heb">חָצ֖וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṣō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2674.htm">Strong's 2674: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hazor -- the name of several places in Palestine, also one in Arabia</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/11-11.htm">Joshua 11:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">OT History: Joshua 11:11 They struck all the souls who were (Josh. 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