The Northern Campaign
1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2and to the kings of the north in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the lowlands, and on the heights of Dor to the west, 3to the Canaanites in the east and west, to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and to the Hivites below Hermon, in the land of Mizpah. 4They came out with all their armies, a great many people, as numerous as the sand on the seashore, with a very large number of horses and chariots. 5All these kings joined forces and came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel. 6Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel, slain. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.” 7So Joshua and all the fighting men with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and attacked them. 8Yahweh gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them as far as greater Sidon, Misrephoth-maim, and the Valley of Mizpah to the east. They struck them down, leaving no survivor. 9Joshua did to them as Yahweh had told him — he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots. 10At that time Joshua turned back, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor had formerly been the head of all these kingdoms. 11They struck down everyone in it with the sword and devoted them to destruction — nothing that breathed was left — and he burned Hazor with fire. 12Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, with all their kings, struck them down with the sword, and devoted them to destruction, just as Moses, the servant of Yahweh, had commanded. 13But Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor — that alone Joshua burned. 14The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of these cities for themselves, but they struck down every person with the sword until they had destroyed them, leaving nothing that breathed. 15Just as Yahweh had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Summary of the Conquest
16So Joshua took this whole land — the hill country, the whole Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel with its lowlands — 17from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, struck them down, and put them to death. 18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19There was not a city that made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all the others they took in battle. 20For it was Yahweh’s doing to harden their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might devote them to destruction without mercy, and destroy them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 21At that time Joshua went and cut off the Anakim from the hill country — from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah, and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, together with their cities. 22No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did some remain. 23So Joshua took the whole land, just as Yahweh had told Moses, and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.
