Joshua 11:16–23

Summary of Conquests

¹⁶So Joshua took all this land—the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, ^qthe foothills, ^rthe Arabah, and the hill country of Israel with its foothills ^s— ¹⁷from Mount Halak, ^twhich 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. ^u18Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time. ¹⁹No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites who inhabited Gibeon; ^vall of them were taken in battle. ²⁰For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, ^wso 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 ^xfrom 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, ^yand 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. ^z