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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 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">NLT</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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/joshua/11.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Israel Defeats the Northern Armies</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>When King Jabin of Hazor heard what had happened, he sent messages to the following kings: King Jobab of Madon; the king of Shimron; the king of Acshaph; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>all the kings of the northern hill country; the kings in the Jordan Valley south of Galilee<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>; the kings in the Galilean foothills<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>; the kings of Naphoth-dor on the west; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>the kings of Canaan, both east and west; the kings of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites in the towns on the slopes of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>All these kings came out to fight. Their combined armies formed a vast horde. And with all their horses and chariots, they covered the landscape like the sand on the seashore. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The kings joined forces and established their camp around the water near Merom to fight against Israel.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So Joshua and all his fighting men traveled to the water near Merom and attacked suddenly. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the LORD gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the LORD had instructed.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The Israelites completely destroyed<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Joshua slaughtered all the other kings and their people, completely destroying them, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But the Israelites did not burn any of the towns built on mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As the LORD had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. And Joshua did as he was told, carefully obeying all the commands that the LORD had given to Moses.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So Joshua conquered the entire region—the hill country, the entire Negev, the whole area around the town of Goshen, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> the mountains of Israel, and the Galilean foothills. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The Israelite territory now extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir in the south, as far north as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the valley of Lebanon. Joshua killed all the kings of those territories, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>waging war for a long time to accomplish this. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For the LORD hardened their hearts and caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>During this period Joshua destroyed all the descendants of Anak, who lived in the hill country of Hebron, Debir, Anab, and the entire hill country of Judah and Israel. He killed them all and completely destroyed their towns. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>None of the descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/joshua/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>So Joshua took control of the entire land, just as the LORD had instructed Moses. He gave it to the people of Israel as their special possession, dividing the land among the tribes. So the land finally had rest from war.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:2a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">in the Arabah south of Kinnereth.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:2b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Shephelah;</span><span class="ft"> also in 11:16.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:11 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the </span><span class="sc">Lord</span><span class="ft">, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in 11:12, 20, 21.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">11:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the Shephelah, the Arabah.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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