Joshua 11:1–10

CONQUEST OF NORTHERN CITIES

11When King Jabin of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to: King Jobab of Madon, the kings of Shimron and Achshaph, ²and the kings of the north in the hill country, the Arabah south of Chinnereth,^f the Judean foothills, and the Slopes of Dor^D to the west, ³the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.^{g 4}They went out with all their armies—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore^h—along with a vast number of horses and chariots. ⁵All these kings joined forces; they came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to attack Israel.ⁱ

⁶The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel.^j You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”^{k 7}So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. ⁸The Lord handed them over to Israel, and they struck them down, pursuing them as far as greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and to the east as far as the Valley of Mizpeh.^l They struck them down, leaving no survivors.^{m 9}Joshua treated them as the Lord 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, because Hazor had formerly been the leader of all these kingdoms.