Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things , he sent word to Job -ab king of Madon ; to the kings of Shimron ... ... and Achshaph ;
to the kings of the north - in the mountains , in the Arabah south of Chinnereth , in the foothills , and in Naphoth-dor ... to the west ;
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.
So (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.
All these kings joined forces vvv and encamped - at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
Then the LORD said to Joshua - , “ Do not be afraid of them , for by this time tomorrow I will deliver - all of them slain before Israel. - You are to hamstring their horses and burn up ... their chariots. ”
So by the waters of Merom , Joshua - and his whole army ... ... came upon them suddenly and attacked
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel , who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim , and eastward as far as ... ... the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down , ... leaving no survivors.
Joshua - treated as the LORD - had told he hamstrung - their horses and burned up ... their chariots.
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.
(The Israelites) put - everyone ... - ... to the sword , devoting (them) to destruction. Nothing - that breathed remained , and (Joshua -) burned down ... Hazor itself.
- 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.
Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds , except - Hazor , ... which Joshua - burned.
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.
As the LORD - had commanded His servant Moses , so Moses - commanded Joshua -. That is what Joshua - did , leaving nothing ... undone of all that the LORD - had commanded Moses.
So Joshua - - took this entire region : the hill country , - all the Negev , - all the land of Goshen , - the (western) foothills , - the Arabah , - and the mountains of Israel and their foothills ,
from Mount Halak , which rises toward Seir , as far as vvv Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. - He captured all their kings and struck them down , putting them to death.
Joshua - ... waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
No ... city - made peace with the Israelites ... except the Hivites living in Gibeon ; - all others were taken in battle.
For it was of the LORD to harden - their hearts to engage Israel ... in battle , ... so that they would be set apart for destruction (and) would receive no mercy , - - being annihilated as the LORD - had commanded Moses.
At that time Joshua - proceeded to eliminate - the Anakim from the hill country ... of Hebron , ... Debir , ... (and) Anab , and from all the hill country of Judah ... ... and of Israel. Joshua - devoted them to destruction , along with their cities.
No Anakim were left in the land vvv of the Israelites ; only in Gaza , Gath , and Ashdod did any survive.
So Joshua - - took the entire land , in keeping with all that the LORD ... had spoken to Moses. And Joshua - gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.