1And it came to pass , when Jabin king of Hazor heard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph, 2and to the kings that were on the north , in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth , and in the lowland , and in the heights of Dor on the west , 3to the Canaanite on the east and on the west , and the Amorite, and the Hittite , and the Perizzite , and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah . 4And they went out , they and all their hosts with them , much people , even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude , with horses and chariots very many . 5And all these kings met together ; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom , to fight with Israel . 6And Jehovah said unto Joshua , Be not afraid because of them ; for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel : thou shalt hock their horses , and burn their chariots with fire. 7So Joshua came , and all the people of war with him , against them by the waters of Merom suddenly , and fell upon them . 8And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel , and they smote them , and chased them unto great Sidon , and unto Misrephoth-maim , and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward ; and they smote them , until they left them none remaining . 9And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him : he hocked their horses , and burnt their chariots with fire. 10And Joshua turned back at that time , and took Hazor , and smote the king thereof with the sword : for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms . 11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword , utterly destroying them ; there was none left that breathed : and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12And all the cities of those kings , and all the kings of them , did Joshua take , and he smote them with the edge of the sword , and utterly destroyed them ; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded . 13But as for the cities that stood on their mounds , Israel burned none of them , save Hazor only ; that did Joshua burn . 14And all the spoil of these cities , and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword , until they had destroyed them , neither left they any that breathed . 15As Jehovah commanded Moses his servant , so did Moses command Joshua : and so did Joshua ; he left nothing undone of all that Jehovah commanded Moses .
Destruction of Hazor and Other Cities
16So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South , and all the land of Goshen , and the lowland , and the Arabah , and the hill-country of Israel , and the lowland of the same ; 17from mount Halak , that goeth up to Seir , even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon : and all their kings he took , and smote them , and put them to death . 18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings . 19There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel , save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon : they took all in battle . 20For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts , to come against Israel in battle , that he might utterly destroy them , that they might have no favor , but that he might destroy them , as Jehovah commanded Moses . 21And Joshua came at that time , and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron , from Debir , from Anab , and from all the hill-country of Judah , and from all the hill-country of Israel : Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities . 22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel : only in Gaza , in Gath , and in Ashdod, did some remain . 23So Joshua took the whole land , according to all that Jehovah spake unto Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes . And the land had rest from war .