Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 11

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Joshua 11 . 1 , Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom; Joshua 11 . 10 , Hazor is taken and burnt; Joshua 11 . 16 , All the country taken by Joshua; Joshua 11 . 21 , The Anakims cut off; Joshua 11 . 23 , The land rest from war.

Joshua 11:1

Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;

Joshua 11:1 · BSB

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The LXX read בסשם , which , if legitimate , Calmet thinks may be the same as Maronia or Marath , in Phoenicia , to the north of mount Lebanon

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Supposed by some to be the same as Achzib or Ecdippa; from which , however , it is distinguished in

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Shimron Supposed to be the same with Symira , in Coele-Syria , joined to Maron or Marath by Pliny and Pomponius Mela.

Joshua 11:2

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;

Joshua 11:2 · BSB

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Jerome and others suppose this city to be same as was afterwards called Tiberias , now Tabaria , situated on the western shore of the lake of the same name

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Joshua 11:3

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.

Joshua 11:3 · BSB

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Joshua 11:4

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.

Joshua 11:4 · BSB

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Joshua 11:5

All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

Joshua 11:5 · BSB

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met together Heb. assembled by appointment

waters This is what Josephus calls the lake Semechon , now called Bahr-el-Houle . Lake Julius between the head of the Jordan and the lake of Tiberias. According to Josephus it was seven miles long; and according to modern authorities , it is not above two miles broad , except at the north end , where it may be four.

Joshua 11:6

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.”

Joshua 11:6 · BSB

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Joshua 11:7

So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,

Joshua 11:7 · BSB

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Joshua 11:8

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 11:8 · BSB

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or , Zidon-rabbah

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or , salt pits , Heb. burning of waters

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Joshua 11:9

Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

Joshua 11:9 · BSB

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he houghed

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Joshua 11:10

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.

Joshua 11:10 · BSB

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Joshua 11:11

The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.

Joshua 11:11 · BSB

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Heb. any breath

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Joshua 11:12

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.

Joshua 11:12 · BSB

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Joshua 11:13

Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.

Joshua 11:13 · BSB

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Heb. on their heap , The Vulgate , Syriac , Onkelos and Waterland render âl tillom , "on their hills." As the cities of the plain might be easily attacked and carried , Joshua destroyed them; but as those on mountains , hills , or other eminences , might be retained by him with little trouble , prudence would dictate their preservation

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Joshua 11:14

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.

Joshua 11:14 · BSB

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Joshua 11:15

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.

Joshua 11:15 · BSB

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Heb. removed nothing

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Joshua 11:16

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,

Joshua 11:16 · BSB

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Joshua 11:17

from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as 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 11:17 · BSB

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the mount Halak or , the smooth mountain

Joshua 11:18

Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.

Joshua 11:18 · BSB

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Caleb was forty years old when sent from Kadesh-barnea to spy the land , and he was eighty-five at the conclusion of this war . Joshua 14 . 10. Almost thirty-nine years of this time were spent before Israel passed Jordan; which leaves between six and seven for the term of Joshua's wars

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Joshua 11:19

No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.

Joshua 11:19 · BSB

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Joshua 11:20

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.

Joshua 11:20 · BSB

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Joshua 11:21

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.

Joshua 11:21 · BSB

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Joshua 11:22

No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.

Joshua 11:22 · BSB

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Joshua 11:23

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.

Joshua 11:23 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Joshua 11:20 → Deuteronomy 7:2, Joshua 11:20 → Exodus 4:21
Trajectories
Conquest of Canaan (Victory in Christ), Joshua (Leader into Rest)
Chiasms
Shaped Joshua 11:10–23, Joshua 11:4–8
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