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to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah. <a href="/nlt/joshua/11.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/joshua/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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 href="/kjv/joshua/11.htm">King James Bible</a> And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/nkjv/joshua/11.htm">New King James Version</a> to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/nasb_/joshua/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/nasb/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/nasb77/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/lsb/joshua/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/amp/joshua/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> to the Canaanite in the east and in the west, and to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of [Mount] Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/csb/joshua/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/hcsb/joshua/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/asv/joshua/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/cev/joshua/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> He sent messages to the Canaanite kings in the east and the west, to the Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, and Jebusite kings in the hill country, and to the Hivite kings in the region of Mizpah, near the foot of Mount Hermon. <a href="/erv/joshua/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/gwt/joshua/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> the Canaanites from east and west, the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, the Jebusites in the mountains, and the Hivites at the foot of Mount Hermon in Mizpah. <a href="/gnt/joshua/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> He also sent word to the Canaanites on both sides of the Jordan, to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, as well as to the Hivites who lived at the foot of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/isv/joshua/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> to the eastern and western Canaanites—the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites below Hermon in the territory of Mizpah. <a href="/msb/joshua/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 href="/net/joshua/11.htm">NET Bible</a> Canaanites came from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area of Mizpah. <a href="/nheb/joshua/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hethite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/wbt/joshua/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/web/joshua/11.htm">World English Bible</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/joshua/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> [to] the Canaanite on the east, and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon, in the land of Mizpeh— <a href="/ylt/joshua/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> to the Canaanite on the east, and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon, in the land of Mizpeh -- <a href="/slt/joshua/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The Canaanite from the sun-rising and from the sea, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountain, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/joshua/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> To the Chanaanites also on the ease and on the west, and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite, and the Jebusite in the mountains: to the Hevite also who dwelt at the foot of Hermon in the land of Maspha. <a href="/cpdv/joshua/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> also to the Canaanites, from east to west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, also to the Hivite who was living at the base of Hermon, in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/nabre/joshua/11.htm">New American Bible</a> These were Canaanites to the east and west, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the mountain regions, and Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/nrsvce/joshua/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/joshua/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west, and to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites and the Jebusites in the mountains, and to the Hivites below mount Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. <a href="/hpbt/joshua/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> To the Canaanites from the East and from the West and the Amorites and the Khithites and the Perizzites and the Yebusites that were on the hills and to the Khivites below the Mountain of Khermon that are in the land of Dawqay<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/joshua/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. <a href="/sep/joshua/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and to the Chananites on the coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Evites, and those dwelling under mount Aermon in the land Massyma. <a href="/parallel/joshua/11-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p91zXIGB0Rk?start=2864" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Conquest of the Northern Cities</a> …2to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west; 3<a href="/hebrew/3669.htm" title="3669: hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan. Patrial from Kna'an; a Kenaanite or inhabitant of Kenaan; by implication, a pedlar.">to the Canaanites</a> <a href="/hebrew/4217.htm" title="4217: mim·miz·rāḥ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Place of sunrise, the east. From zarach; sunrise, i.e. The east.">in the east</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: ū·mî·yām (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">and west;</a> <a href="/hebrew/567.htm" title="567: wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps mountain dwellers, a Canaanite tribe. ">to the Amorites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2850.htm" title="2850: wə·ha·ḥit·tî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Heth. Patronymically from Cheth; a Chittite, or descendant of Cheth.">Hittites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6522.htm" title="6522: wə·hap·pə·riz·zî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A people in the land of Canaan. For praziy; inhabitant of the open country; a Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribes.">Perizzites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2983.htm" title="2983: wə·hay·ḇū·sî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Inhab. of Jebus. Patrial from Ybuwc; a Jebusite or inhabitant of Jebus.">and Jebusites</a> <a href="/hebrew/2022.htm" title="2022: bā·hār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Mountain, hill, hill country. A shortened form of harar; a mountain or range of hills.">in the hill country;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2340.htm" title="2340: wə·ha·ḥiw·wî (Conj-w, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps from chavvah; a villager; a Chivvite, one of the aboriginal tribes of Palestine.">and to the Hivites</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: ta·ḥaṯ (Prep) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">at the foot of</a> <a href="/hebrew/2768.htm" title="2768: ḥer·mō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- Sacred (mountain), a mountain in S. Aram (Syria) and N. Isr. From charam; abrupt; Chermon, a mount of Palestine.">Hermon</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4709.htm" title="4709: ham·miṣ·pāh (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The name of several places in Isr. Feminine of Mitspeh; Mitspah, the name of two places in Palestine.">of Mizpah.</a> 4So 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Numbers 13:29</a> The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.” <a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Judges 3:3</a> the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">Deuteronomy 7:1</a> When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you— <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Joshua 9:1</a> Now when news of this reached all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon (the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)— <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Joshua 12:8</a> the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites): <a href="/1_kings/9-20.htm">1 Kings 9:20-21</a> As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)— / 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. <a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a> On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates— / the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, / Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, ... <a href="/exodus/3-8.htm">Exodus 3:8</a> I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. <a href="/deuteronomy/20-17.htm">Deuteronomy 20:17</a> For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you, <a href="/1_samuel/7-14.htm">1 Samuel 7:14</a> The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites. <a href="/1_chronicles/1-13.htm">1 Chronicles 1:13-16</a> And Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites, / the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, / the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, ... <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3</a> and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. <a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Matthew 15:22</a> And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” <a href="/mark/7-26.htm">Mark 7:26</a> Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. <a href="/acts/13-19.htm">Acts 13:19</a> And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.the Jebusite<a href="/joshua/15-63.htm">Joshua 15:63</a> As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.<a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Numbers 13:29</a> The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.<a href="/2_samuel/24-16.htm">2 Samuel 24:16</a> And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.Hivite<a href="/judges/3-3.htm">Judges 3:3</a> Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath.Hermon<a href="/joshua/13-11.htm">Joshua 13:11</a> And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;<a href="/deuteronomy/4-48.htm">Deuteronomy 4:48</a> From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,<a href="/psalms/89-12.htm">Psalm 89:12</a> The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.land<a href="/joshua/18-26.htm">Joshua 18:26</a> And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,<a href="/genesis/31-49.htm">Genesis 31:49</a> And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.<a href="/judges/20-1.htm">Judges 20:1</a> Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joshua/9-10.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/joshua/10-12.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-13.htm">Below</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/joshua/7-9.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">Country</a> <a href="/joshua/9-10.htm">East</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-48.htm">Hermon</a> <a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">Hill-Country</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/joshua/9-7.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/joshua/9-7.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-17.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/genesis/31-49.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/joshua/9-1.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/joshua/3-10.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/joshua/11-2.htm">West</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Amorite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-2.htm">Amorites</a> <a href="/joshua/13-5.htm">Below</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Canaanite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Canaanites</a> <a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">Country</a> <a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">East</a> <a href="/joshua/11-17.htm">Hermon</a> <a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">Hill-Country</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Hittite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Hittites</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Hivite</a> <a href="/joshua/11-19.htm">Hivites</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Jebusite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Jebusites</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Jeb'usites</a> <a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">Mizpah</a> <a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">Mizpeh</a> <a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Perizzite</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Perizzites</a> <a href="/joshua/12-8.htm">Per'izzites</a> <a href="/joshua/12-7.htm">West</a><div class="vheading2">Joshua 11</div>1. <a href="/joshua/11-1.htm">Diverse kings overcome at the waters of Merom</a> 10. <a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Hazor is taken and burnt</a> 16. <a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">All the country taken by Joshua</a> 21. <a href="/joshua/11-21.htm">The Anakims cut off</a> 23. <a href="/joshua/11-23.htm">The land rests from war</a> </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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The Canaanites were the original inhabitants of the land that God promised to the Israelites. They were known for their polytheistic beliefs and practices, which were in direct opposition to the monotheistic worship of Yahweh. The mention of "east and west" indicates the widespread presence of the Canaanites across the region, highlighting the vastness of the land that Israel was to conquer. This phrase underscores the comprehensive nature of the conquest, as the Israelites were to take possession of the entire land, fulfilling God's promise to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>).to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; These groups were significant inhabitants of the land, each with their own distinct cultures and territories. The Amorites were known for their strong cities and were often seen as formidable opponents (<a href="/numbers/13-29.htm">Numbers 13:29</a>). The Hittites were part of a larger empire known for its advanced culture and military prowess. The Perizzites were a rural people, often living in unwalled villages, making them vulnerable to attack. The Jebusites inhabited Jerusalem, a key city that would later become the capital of Israel under King David (<a href="/2_samuel/5-6.htm">2 Samuel 5:6-9</a>). The "hill country" refers to the central mountainous region of Canaan, a strategically important area due to its elevation and defensibility.and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. The Hivites were another Canaanite group, and their mention here places them in the northern part of the land, near Mount Hermon. This mountain is significant in biblical history, often associated with divine encounters and boundaries (<a href="/deuteronomy/3-8.htm">Deuteronomy 3:8-9</a>). The "land of Mizpah" refers to a region known for its watchtowers or lookout points, indicating its strategic importance for surveillance and defense. The inclusion of the Hivites in this list emphasizes the comprehensive nature of the conquest, as the Israelites were to subdue all the peoples of the land, fulfilling God's command to drive out the inhabitants and establish a nation dedicated to Him (<a href="/exodus/23-23.htm">Exodus 23:23-24</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/canaanites.htm">Canaanites</a> A group of ancient people living in the land of Canaan, known for their idolatrous practices and opposition to Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/a/amorites.htm">Amorites</a> A powerful group of people in the ancient Near East, often mentioned as adversaries of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/h/hittites.htm">Hittites</a> An ancient people who lived in Anatolia and northern Syria, known for their advanced civilization and military prowess. 4. <a href="/topical/p/perizzites.htm">Perizzites</a> A group of people living in the land of Canaan, often mentioned alongside other Canaanite tribes. 5. <a href="/topical/j/jebusites.htm">Jebusites</a> The original inhabitants of Jerusalem, known for their stronghold in the city before David's conquest. 6. <a href="/topical/h/hivites.htm">Hivites</a> A Canaanite tribe living in the northern regions, particularly around Mount Hermon. 7. <a href="/topical/h/hermon.htm">Hermon</a> A significant mountain in the northern part of Israel, often associated with the northern boundary of the Promised Land. 8. <a href="/topical/m/mizpah.htm">Mizpah</a> A place of gathering and watchtower, often used as a strategic location in biblical accounts.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a> The mention of these nations highlights God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises to Israel. Despite the strength and number of these nations, God is sovereign and ensures His plans come to pass. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Israel's success depended on their obedience to God's commands. This serves as a reminder for believers to trust and obey God's Word, even when facing formidable challenges. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a> The physical battles against these nations symbolize the spiritual battles believers face today. Just as Israel relied on God's strength, Christians are called to rely on the Holy Spirit in their spiritual warfare. <a href="/topical/s/separation_from_worldly_influences.htm">Separation from Worldly Influences</a> The command to conquer and not make covenants with these nations underscores the importance of separating from worldly influences that can lead believers away from God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_joshua_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Joshua 11</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_damascus.htm">What is Mount Hermon's biblical significance?</a> <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 href="/q/how_did_israelites_defeat_allied_armies.htm">How could the Israelites quickly overwhelm multiple allied armies, as described in Joshua 11:1-5?</a> <a href="/q/are_jordan,_hermon,_mizar_anachronistic.htm">Could the references to Jordan, Hermon, and Mount Mizar (Psalm 42:6) be anachronistic, suggesting a later composition date?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/joshua/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) The land of Mizpeh is thought to be the plain El-Bukei'a, west of Hermon.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - To the Canaanite (see note on Joshua 3:10). This confederacy was yet more formidable than the other (ver. 5), but was as signally defeated by Joshua's promptitude (see ver. 7). We are reminded of the swift march of our own Harold, and its results at Stamford Bridge; with this difference, however, that the enemy, instead of being engaged in triumphant festivity, was preparing for an expedition against a much dreaded enemy, who was believed to be far off. Napoleon had nearly achieved a similar surprise at Quatre Bras and Ligny. The Jebusite in the mountains. Jerusalem was not yet taken. From the neighbourhood of that as yet unconquered city, and probably from itself, Jabin drew his auxiliaries, while Joshua was as yet fully occupied in the south. Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. Mizpeh, or Ham-mizpah, as it is usually called (save in ver. 8; <a href="/judges/11-29.htm">Judges 11:29</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm">1 Samuel 22:3</a>; <a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Hosea 5:1</a>), i.e., the watch-tower, was a common name among the Israelites. There was one in Judah (<a href="/joshua/15-38.htm">Joshua 15:38</a>), in Benjamin (<a href="/joshua/18-26.htm">Joshua 18:26</a>), in Gilead (<a href="/judges/11-29.htm">Judges 11:29</a>; cf. <a href="/genesis/31-49.htm">Genesis 31:49</a>; <a href="/joshua/13-26.htm">Joshua 13:26</a>), and in Moab (<a href="/1_samuel/22-3.htm">1 Samuel 22:3</a>). Ritter (ii. 353) mentions the large number of watch towers, of which the ruins may still he traced, along the line of the great watershed of Judea. This one was probably far to the north, on the northwestern side of Hermon, commading a view of the plain of Coele Syria, which extended from southwest to northeast between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon. This vast plain is still known as the Bukei'a (see note on Joshua 5:8), though Robinson denies that this Bukei'a is meant, because the Bukei'a properly so called was not under Hermon. This makes it possible that Mizpeh might have been on the south. eastern side of Hermon, where also an extensive view might be had. Ritter, however, says it can be no other than "the great plain which extends north of Lake Huleh, from its narrow western margin to Banias, that is, the plain south and southwest of Hermon. Some have supposed the meaning of Mizpeh to be equivalent to Belle Vue in modern days. But the meaning "watchtower" suggests ideas more in keeping with those rude times, in which our modern appreciation of scenery was a rare quality. It was not the beauty of the view which was valued, but its extent, as giving timely notice of the approach of an enemy. Mount Hermon has already been mentioned in the note on Joshua 1:4. Some further particulars may here be added. We find in <a href="/deuteronomy/3-9.htm">Deuteronomy 3:9</a> that the Amorites call the mountain Shenir, and the Sidonians Sirion. It is very remarkable, and bears on the authorship of the Song of Solomon, that the Amorite name Shenir is given to Hermon in <a href="/songs/4-8.htm">Song of Solomon 4:8</a>. Was the song addressed to a Hittite wife, or had Solomon an Amorite one? In <a href="/deuteronomy/4-48.htm">Deuteronomy 4:48</a> Hermon is called Sion. With the former of these passages we may compare <a href="/psalms/29-6.htm">Psalm 29:6</a>. But we must not confound (as even a writer so well informed as Bitter does) the Zion, or Tzion (sunny mount), of <a href="/psalms/133.htm">Psalm 133</a>, where Hermon is mentioned, with the Sion, or "lofty mountain" (spelt with Sin, not Tzade), in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-48.htm">Deuteronomy 4:48</a>. Vandevelde asks why the mountain is called by so many names, and replies that it is because "it is a cluster of mountains many days' journey in circumference." A much better reason is suggested by the fact mentioned in our former note - that, as the highest ground in Palestine, it was visible from every part of it. The name Sirion, or the coat of mail, was no doubt given from its glittering, surface. It is to be feared that the reason given above for the Sidonian name diminishes the probability of the remarkable argument in Blunt's 'Coincidences,' part 2:2, derived from the Sidonian settlement (<a href="/judges/18.htm">Judges 18</a>.) at the foot of Hermon. <a href="/commentaries/joshua/11-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>to the Canaanites הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ (hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3669.htm">Strong's 3669: </a> Canaanite -- inhabitant of Canaan in the east מִמִּזְרָ֣ח (mim·miz·rāḥ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4217.htm">Strong's 4217: </a> Place of sunrise, the east and west, וּמִיָּ֔ם (ū·mî·yām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin to the Amorites, וְהָאֱמֹרִ֧י (wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_567.htm">Strong's 567: </a> Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe Hittites, וְהַחִתִּ֛י (wə·ha·ḥit·tî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2850.htm">Strong's 2850: </a> Hittite -- a Chittite Perizzites, וְהַפְּרִזִּ֥י (wə·hap·pə·riz·zî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6522.htm">Strong's 6522: </a> Perizzite -- a people in the land of Canaan and Jebusites וְהַיְבוּסִ֖י (wə·hay·ḇū·sî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> Jebusite -- inhabitant of Jebus in the hill country, בָּהָ֑ר (bā·hār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2022.htm">Strong's 2022: </a> Mountain, hill, hill country and to the Hivites וְהַֽחִוִּי֙ (wə·ha·ḥiw·wî) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2340.htm">Strong's 2340: </a> Hivite -- a Chivvite at the foot of תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> The bottom, below, in lieu of Hermon חֶרְמ֔וֹן (ḥer·mō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2768.htm">Strong's 2768: </a> Hermon -- 'sacred', a mountain in southern Aram (Syria) and Northern Israel in the land בְּאֶ֖רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Mizpah. הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ (ham·miṣ·pāh) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4709.htm">Strong's 4709: </a> Mizpah -- the name of several places in Israel <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/joshua/11-3.htm">Joshua 11:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/joshua/11-3.htm">OT History: Joshua 11:3 To the Canaanite on the east (Josh. 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