And it came to pass, when Jabin <H2985> king <H4428> of Hazor <H2674> had heard <H8085> [those things], that he sent <H7971> to Jobab <H3103> king <H4428> of Madon, <H4068> and to the king <H4428> of Shimron, <H8110> and to the king <H4428> of Achshaph, <H0407>
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And to the kings <H4428> that [were] on the north <H6828> of the mountains, <H2022> and of the plains <H6160> south <H5045> of Chinneroth, <H3672> and in the valley, <H8219> and in the borders <H5299> of Dor <H1756> on the west, <H3220>
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[And to] the Canaanite <H3669> on the east <H4217> and on the west, <H3220> and [to] the Amorite, <H0567> and the Hittite, <H2850> and the Perizzite, <H6522> and the Jebusite <H2983> in the mountains, <H2022> and [to] the Hivite <H2340> under Hermon <H2768> in the land <H0776> of Mizpeh. <H4709>
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And they went out, <H3318> they and all their hosts <H4264> with them, much <H7227> people, <H5971> even as the sand <H2344> that [is] upon the sea <H3220> shore <H8193> in multitude, <H7230> with horses <H5483> and chariots <H7393> very <H3966> many. <H7227>
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And when all these kings <H4428> were met together, <H3259> they came <H0935> and pitched <H2583> together <H3162> at the waters <H4325> of Merom, <H4792> to fight <H3898> against Israel. <H3478>
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And the LORD <H3068> said <H0559> unto Joshua, <H3091> Be not afraid <H3372> because <H6440> of them: for to morrow <H4279> about this time <H6256> will I deliver <H5414> them up all slain <H2491> before <H6440> Israel: <H3478> thou shalt hough <H6131> their horses, <H5483> and burn <H8313> their chariots <H4818> with fire. <H0784>
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So Joshua <H3091> came, <H0935> and all the people <H5971> of war <H4421> with him, against them by the waters <H4325> of Merom <H4792> suddenly; <H6597> and they fell <H5307> upon them.
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And the LORD <H3068> delivered <H5414> them into the hand <H3027> of Israel, <H3478> who smote <H5221> them, and chased <H7291> them unto great <H7227> Zidon, <H6721> and unto Misrephothmaim, <H4956> and unto the valley <H1237> of Mizpeh <H4708> eastward; <H4217> and they smote <H5221> them, until they left <H7604> them none remaining. <H8300>
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And Joshua <H3091> did <H6213> unto them as the LORD <H3068> bade <H0559> him: he houghed <H6131> their horses, <H5483> and burnt <H8313> their chariots <H4818> with fire. <H0784>
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And Joshua <H3091> at that time <H6256> turned back, <H7725> and took <H3920> Hazor, <H2674> and smote <H5221> the king <H4428> thereof with the sword: <H2719> for Hazor <H2674> beforetime <H6440> was the head <H7218> of all those kingdoms. <H4467>
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And they smote <H5221> all the souls <H5315> that [were] therein with the edge <H6310> of the sword, <H2719> utterly destroying <H2763> [them]: there was not any left <H3498> to breathe: <H5397> and he burnt <H8313> Hazor <H2674> with fire. <H0784>
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And all the cities <H5892> of those kings, <H4428> and all the kings <H4428> of them, did Joshua <H3091> take, <H3920> and smote <H5221> them with the edge <H6310> of the sword, <H2719> [and] he utterly destroyed <H2763> them, as Moses <H4872> the servant <H5650> of the LORD <H3068> commanded. <H6680>
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But [as for] the cities <H5892> that stood <H5975> still in their strength, <H8510> Israel <H3478> burned <H8313> none of them, save <H2108> Hazor <H2674> only; [that] did Joshua <H3091> burn. <H8313>
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And all the spoil <H7998> of these cities, <H5892> and the cattle, <H0929> the children <H1121> of Israel <H3478> took for a prey <H0962> unto themselves; but every man <H0120> they smote <H5221> with the edge <H6310> of the sword, <H2719> until they had destroyed <H8045> them, neither left <H7604> they any to breathe. <H5397>
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As the LORD <H3068> commanded <H6680> Moses <H4872> his servant, <H5650> so did Moses <H4872> command <H6680> Joshua, <H3091> and so did <H6213> Joshua; <H3091> he left nothing <H1697> undone <H5493> of all that the LORD <H3068> commanded <H6680> Moses. <H4872>
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So Joshua <H3091> took <H3947> all that land, <H0776> the hills, <H2022> and all the south country, <H5045> and all the land <H0776> of Goshen, <H1657> and the valley, <H8219> and the plain, <H6160> and the mountain <H2022> of Israel, <H3478> and the valley <H8219> of the same;
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[Even] from the mount <H2022> Halak, <H2509> <H2510> that goeth up <H5927> to Seir, <H8165> even unto Baalgad <H1171> in the valley <H1237> of Lebanon <H3844> under mount <H2022> Hermon: <H2768> and all their kings <H4428> he took, <H3920> and smote <H5221> them, and slew <H4191> them.
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Joshua <H3091> made <H6213> war <H4421> a long <H7227> time <H3117> with all those kings. <H4428>
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There was not a city <H5892> that made peace <H7999> with the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> save the Hivites <H2340> the inhabitants <H3427> of Gibeon: <H1391> all [other] they took <H3947> in battle. <H4421>
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For it was of the LORD <H3068> to harden <H2388> their hearts, <H3820> that they should come against <H7125> Israel <H3478> in battle, <H4421> that he might destroy them utterly, <H2763> [and] that they might have no favour, <H8467> but that he might destroy <H8045> them, as the LORD <H3068> commanded <H6680> Moses. <H4872>
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And at that time <H6256> came <H0935> Joshua, <H3091> and cut off <H3772> the Anakims <H6062> from the mountains, <H2022> from Hebron, <H2275> from Debir, <H1688> from Anab, <H6024> and from all the mountains <H2022> of Judah, <H3063> and from all the mountains <H2022> of Israel: <H3478> Joshua <H3091> destroyed them utterly <H2763> with their cities. <H5892>
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There was none of the Anakims <H6062> left <H3498> in the land <H0776> of the children <H1121> of Israel: <H3478> only in Gaza, <H5804> in Gath, <H1661> and in Ashdod, <H0795> there remained. <H7604>
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So Joshua <H3091> took <H3947> the whole land, <H0776> according to all that the LORD <H3068> said <H1696> unto Moses; <H4872> and Joshua <H3091> gave <H5414> it for an inheritance <H5159> unto Israel <H3478> according to their divisions <H4256> by their tribes. <H7626> And the land <H0776> rested <H8252> from war. <H4421>