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that Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/joshua/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/joshua/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But <i>as for</i> the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; <i>that</i> did Joshua burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/joshua/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But <i>as for</i> the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, <i>which</i> Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/joshua/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, <i>which</i> Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/joshua/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, <i>which</i> Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/joshua/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, <i>which</i> Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/joshua/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood [walled and fortified] on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/joshua/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood on their mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/joshua/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that stood on their mounds except Hazor, which Joshua burned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/joshua/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/joshua/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/joshua/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Israel did not burn cities built on mounds. However, Joshua made an exception and burned Hazor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/joshua/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />However, the Israelites did not burn any of the cities built on mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua did burn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/joshua/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />However, Israel did not burn any of the cities that had been built on mounds of ruins, except for Hazor only, which Joshua burned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/joshua/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/joshua/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/joshua/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/joshua/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/joshua/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/joshua/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Only, all the cities which are standing by their hill, Israel has not burned them—except Joshua has burned Hazor, only;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/joshua/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Only, all the cities which are standing by their hill, Israel hath not burned them, save Hazor only, it hath Joshua burnt;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/joshua/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Only all the cities standing upon their heap, Israel burnt them not, except Hazor only Joshua burnt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/joshua/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed 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 except for the cities that were on hills and in elevated places, the rest Israel burned. One only, highly-fortified Hazor, was consumed with fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/joshua/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />However, Israel did not destroy by fire any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/joshua/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But Israel burned none of the towns that stood on mounds except Hazor, which Joshua did burn.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/joshua/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And all the towns that stood on the hills did Israel burn, and Joshua burned Hazor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/joshua/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Israel burned all these cities that stood on the hills, and Yeshua burned Khetsur<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/joshua/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only--that did Joshua burn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/joshua/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But all the walled cities Israel burnt not; but Israel burnt Asor only.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/joshua/11-13.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=2976" 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">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. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7535.htm" title="7535: raq (Adv) -- The same as raq as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although.">Yet</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel</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.">did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: śə·rā·p̄ām (V-Qal-Perf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">burn</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.">any</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: he·‘ā·rîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">of the cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: hā·‘ō·mə·ḏō·wṯ (Art:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">built</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/8510.htm" title="8510: til·lām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A mound. By contraction from talal; a mound.">their mounds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2108.htm" title="2108: zū·lā·ṯî (Prep) -- Except, only. From zuwl; probably scattering, i.e. Removal; used adverbially, except.">except</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/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,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: lə·ḇad·dāh (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3091.htm" title="3091: yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yhowshua; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua, the Jewish leader.">which Joshua</a> <a href="/hebrew/8313.htm" title="8313: śā·rap̄ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To burn. A primitive root; to be on fire.">burned.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</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.…<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/20-16.htm">Deuteronomy 20:16-18</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, / so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/6-24.htm">Joshua 6:24</a></span><br />Then the Israelites burned up the city and everything in it. However, they put the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the LORD’s house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">2 Kings 19:25</a></span><br />Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26</a></span><br />Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/33-4.htm">Jeremiah 33:4</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the siege ramps and the sword:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-4.htm">Ezekiel 26:4</a></span><br />They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-12.htm">Ezekiel 26:12</a></span><br />They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-29.htm">2 Chronicles 32:29</a></span><br />He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-15.htm">1 Kings 9:15-17</a></span><br />This is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon imposed to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the supporting terraces, and the wall of Jerusalem, as well as Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. / Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He had set it on fire, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon’s wife. / So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,<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="/judges/1-25.htm">Judges 1:25</a></span><br />So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-31.htm">2 Samuel 12:31</a></span><br />David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-41.htm">1 Chronicles 4:41</a></span><br />These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-20.htm">Matthew 11:20-24</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. / “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-13.htm">Luke 10:13-15</a></span><br />Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. / But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Jeremiah 30:18</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/33-28.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/joshua/8-30.htm">Built</a> <a href="/joshua/11-6.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/joshua/7-10.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/joshua/8-2.htm">Except</a> <a href="/joshua/11-11.htm">Hazor</a> <a href="/joshua/11-3.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/joshua/10-40.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/joshua/9-3.htm">However</a> <a href="/joshua/11-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-22.htm">Mounds</a> <a href="/joshua/10-6.htm">Save</a> <a href="/joshua/5-15.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/joshua/10-13.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-7.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/joshua/11-12.htm">Towns</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/joshua/13-12.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/joshua/19-50.htm">Built</a> <a href="/judges/2-20.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/joshua/22-26.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/joshua/22-23.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/joshua/23-14.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/joshua/11-19.htm">Except</a> <a href="/joshua/12-19.htm">Hazor</a> <a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">Hill</a> <a href="/joshua/11-16.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/joshua/13-13.htm">However</a> <a href="/joshua/11-14.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/joshua/11-15.htm">Joshua</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-24.htm">Mounds</a> <a href="/joshua/11-19.htm">Save</a> <a href="/judges/9-35.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/joshua/20-9.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/joshua/14-11.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/joshua/13-10.htm">Towns</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/joshua/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/joshua/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds</b><br>This phrase indicates a strategic decision by the Israelites during their conquest of Canaan. The "mounds" refer to ancient fortified cities often built on elevated ground, known as "tells." These cities were typically well-defended and served as administrative centers. The decision not to burn these cities suggests a desire to preserve them for future use, reflecting a practical approach to settlement and governance. This restraint aligns with God's instructions to Israel to inherit the land and its cities (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-10.htm">Deuteronomy 6:10-11</a>), emphasizing the continuity of civilization under new leadership.<p><b>except Hazor,</b><br>Hazor was a significant Canaanite city, often considered the head of all those kingdoms (<a href="/joshua/11-10.htm">Joshua 11:10</a>). Its destruction was unique and symbolically important. Archaeological evidence supports the biblical account, showing a layer of destruction at Hazor dating to the Late Bronze Age. The burning of Hazor signifies a decisive victory over a major power in the region, demonstrating God's deliverance and the fulfillment of His promises to Israel. Hazor's destruction also serves as a warning against idolatry and rebellion against God, themes prevalent throughout the Old Testament.<p><b>which Joshua burned.</b><br>Joshua's role as the leader of Israel is highlighted here, emphasizing his obedience to God's commands and his role as a military leader. The act of burning Hazor can be seen as a fulfillment of divine judgment against the Canaanites, who were known for their idolatry and moral corruption (<a href="/deuteronomy/9-4.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5</a>). This act also prefigures the ultimate judgment and purification that Christ will bring, as Joshua (Yeshua in Hebrew) is a type of Christ, leading God's people into the promised inheritance. The destruction of Hazor underscores the theme of God's sovereignty and the establishment of His kingdom through His chosen leaders.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The leader of Israel who succeeded Moses. He was tasked with leading the Israelites into the Promised Land and conquering it.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, consisting of the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. They were commanded to take possession of the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/hazor.htm">Hazor</a></b><br>A significant Canaanite city and the head of all those kingdoms. It was the only city burned by Joshua during this campaign.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/canaanite_cities.htm">Canaanite Cities</a></b><br>These were the cities in the land of Canaan that Israel was commanded to conquer. They were often built on mounds, known as "tels."<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/mounds.htm">Mounds (Tels)</a></b><br>Elevated sites where cities were built, often for strategic defense purposes. These mounds were not destroyed except for Hazor.<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 reflect obedience to God's specific instructions. We are reminded of the importance of following God's guidance in our lives, even when it involves difficult decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/selective_destruction.htm">Selective Destruction</a></b><br>The decision to burn only Hazor highlights the need for discernment in our actions. Not every situation requires the same response; we must seek God's wisdom for each circumstance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_warfare.htm">Spiritual Warfare</a></b><br>Just as Israel faced physical battles, Christians face spiritual battles. We must be vigilant and prepared to confront spiritual strongholds in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Hazor's repeated mention in Scripture underscores the lasting impact of our actions. We should consider the legacy we are building and its influence on future generations.<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/do_records_confirm_joshua_11_conquests.htm">Are there any external historical records confirming the conquests detailed in Joshua 11? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_credible_is_joshua_13_1's_claim.htm">Joshua 13:1 - How credible is it that after all the previous conquests, so much land still remained, contradicting earlier assertions that the land was largely subdued?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_joshua_11_12-15_align_with_sparing.htm">How does the absolute obedience in Joshua 11:12-15 align with prior instructions about sparing certain peoples?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_archaeology_for_israel's_control.htm">Joshua 13:2-6 - Why is there no archaeological record confirming Israel's partial control over these specific Philistine and neighboring territories?</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>(13) <span class= "bld">The cities that stood still in their strength.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">that stood on their mounds </span>("quaeerant in collibus et in tumulis sitae."--Vulg.). Comp. <a href="/joshua/11-20.htm" title="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 favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.">Joshua 11:20</a>. We may fairly suppose that Jericho and Ai committed themselves to hostile measures against Israel, though they were not able to send forth armies against Joshua before they were attacked. Those who "stood still <span class= "ital">in their strength" </span>are those who remained absolutely neutral in the war. "The men of Jericho fought against you" (<a href="/joshua/24-11.htm" title="And you went over Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.">Joshua 24:11</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/joshua/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The cities that stood still in their strength.</span> This is the rendering of the Chaldee version. The LXX. has <span class="greek">κεχωματισμένας</span>, heaped up, <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, defended with mounds. Rather, <span class="accented">on their hill</span> ("in collibus et in tumulis sitae," Vulg.). As many of the towns in Italy, and the castles in Germany in the middle ages, so these Phoenician cities were placed upon hills, that they might be more easily defended. The various tribes of Palestine were no doubt continually at war, and, as regards these northern tribes at least, were not accustomed to subsist by commerce. Therefore each of these cities stood (the Hebrew <span class="hebrew">עמד</span> surely implies <span class="accented">situation</span> here) on its own hill, a detail possibly obtained from an eyewitness, who was probably struck by this feature of the district, a feature he had not observed before. The expression is used, however, as Masius observes, by Jeremiah (Joshua 30:18). Knobel observes that all the early versions have no suffix here. What he calls the "free translation," however, of the LXX. (which has <span class="greek">αὐτῶν</span>) requires the suffix, though the Vulgate requires none. We must not adopt the very plausible explanation of Knobel and others that Joshua burnt the cities in the valleys, but spared the cities on the hills, because they could be more easily defended (see <a href="/joshua/17-16.htm">Joshua 17:16</a>; <a href="/judges/1-19.htm">Judges 1:19, 34</a>), since we read that Hazor alone was burnt. The word here translated hill (<span class="accented">Tell</span>, Arabic) is one with which we are familiar in the modern name of places in Palestine (see note on Joshua 8:28). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/joshua/11-13.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">Yet</span><br /><span class="heb">רַ֣ק</span> <span class="translit">(raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7535.htm">Strong's 7535: </a> </span><span class="str2">But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">did not</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">burn</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׂרָפָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(śə·rā·p̄ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<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">any</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">of the cities</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶעָרִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(he·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">built</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעֹֽמְדוֹת֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ō·mə·ḏō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their mounds,</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּלָּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(til·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8510.htm">Strong's 8510: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mound</span><br /><br /><span class="word">except</span><br /><span class="heb">זוּלָתִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(zū·lā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2108.htm">Strong's 2108: </a> </span><span class="str2">Scattering, removal, except</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Hazor,</span><br /><span class="heb">חָצ֥וֹר</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 /><br /><span class="word">which Joshua</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3091.htm">Strong's 3091: </a> </span><span class="str2">Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">burned.</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 /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/joshua/11-13.htm">Joshua 11:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/joshua/11-13.htm">OT History: Joshua 11:13 But as for the cities that stood (Josh. 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