28 Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and he struck it and its king with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋;w he utterly destroyed it and everyone that was in it. He did not leave behind a survivor. So he did to the king of Makkedah just as he did to the king of Jericho.

Joshua’s Conquest of the South

29 And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against Libnah. 30 And Yahweh also gave it into the hand of Israel, and its king and all the people in it he struck with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋.x He left in it no survivor. He did to its king just as he did to the king of Jericho.

31 And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and ⌊he laid siege to it⌋y and fought against it. 32 And Yahweh gave Lachish into the hand of Israel, and he captured it on the second day. He struck it with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,z and everyone in it, just as he did to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua struck him and his people until he left no survivor behind.

34 And Joshua passed on, and all of Israel with him, from Lachish to Eglon, and ⌊they laid siege to it⌋a and fought against it. 35 And they captured it on that day, and he struck it with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,b and all the people that were in it on that day he utterly destroyed as he had done to Lachish.

36 And Joshua went up, and all Israel with him, from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it 37 and captured it, and they struck it with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,c its king and all its cities, and all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, as he had done to Eglon, and he utterly destroyed it and all the people that were in it. 38 Then Joshua returned to Debir, and all of Israel with him, and they fought against it, 39 and he captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with ⌊the the edge of the sword⌋,d and they utterly destroyed all the people that were in it; he left behind no survivor, just as he had done to Hebron. Thus he did to Debir and its king what he had done to Libnah and its king.

40 So Joshua struck all the land—the hill country, the Negev,e the Shephelah,f and the slopesg—and all their kings; he left behind no survivor, and ⌊all that breathed⌋h he utterly destroyed as Yahweh the God of Israel commanded. 41 Joshua struck them from Kadesh Barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen up to Gibeon; 42 all of these kings and their land Joshua captured at one time, because Yahweh the God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal.

Joshua’s Conquest of the North

11 And it happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Acshaph, 2 and to the kings who were in the north in the hill country, in the Arabaha south of Kinnereth,b in the Shephelah,c and in Naphoth Dord in the west, 3 to the Canaanitese in the east and west, the Amorites,f the Hittites,g the Perizzites,h and the Jebusitesi in the hill country, and the Hivitesj ⌊at the foot of⌋k Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 4 They came out, they and all their armies with them, as a great army like the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. 5 And all these kings joined forces, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.

6 And Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of their presence, for tomorrow at this time I will hand them over slain to Israel; you will hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” 7 So Joshua, and ⌊all the fighting men⌋l with him, came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and ⌊they attacked them⌋.m 8 And Yahweh gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them up to Great Sidon and Misrephoth Maim, and eastward up to the valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until they left behind no survivor. 9 And Joshua did to them as Yahweh commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

10 Then Joshua turned back at that time, and he captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword, because Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms. 11 He struck all the people that were in it with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,n utterly destroying them. ⌊There was no one left who breathed⌋,o and he burned Hazor with fire. 12 And Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he utterly destroyed them with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,p as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. 13 Israel did not burn the cities standing on their mounds,q except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned. 14 And all the spoil and livestock of these cities the ⌊Israelites⌋ took as booty; they struck the people with ⌊the edge of the sword⌋,r until they had destroyed them—they left behind no one who breathed. 15 Just as Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did; he left nothing undone that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

A Review of Joshua’s Conquests

16 So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev,s all the land of Goshen,t the Shephelah,u the Arabah,v and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,w 17 from Mount Halak that rises to Seir and to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanonx ⌊at the foot of⌋y Mount Hermon; he captured all their kings, struck them, and killed them. 18 For many days Joshua made war with all these kings. 19 There was not a city that made peace with the ⌊Israelites⌋z besides the Hivitesa and the inhabitants of Gibeon—⌊all were taken in battle⌋.b 20 For it was Yahweh that ⌊hardened their hearts⌋,c to meet Israel in war in order to utterly destroy them without mercy, that they would destroy them just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

21 At that time Joshua came and exterminated the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 None of the Anakites were left in the land of the ⌊Israelites⌋;d some remained only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 23 Joshua took all the land according to all that Yahweh had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel, according to their tribal divisions, and the land rested from war.