¹⁶So Joshua took all this land—the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen,^p the foothills, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel with its foothills—¹⁷from Mount Halak,^q which ascends to 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.^r ¹⁸Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time. ¹⁹No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites who inhabited Gibeon;^s all of them were taken in battle. ²⁰For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts,^t so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²¹At that time Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakim^u from the hill country—Hebron, Debir, Anab—all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities. ²²No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites, except for some remaining in Gaza, Gath,^v and Ashdod.

²³So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the Lord had told Moses. Joshua then gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. After this, the land had rest from war.^w

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Cross references

p Jos 15:51
q Jos 12:7
r Dt 7:24
s Jos 9:3,7
t Ex 4:21; 7:3; 14:4,17; Is 63:17; Rm 9:18
u Nm 13:22,28,33
v 1Sm 17:4
w Jos 14:15; 21:44; 2Ch 14:6; Hs 2:18; Heb 4:8