11And 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, ²and to the kings who were in the north in the hill country, in the Arabah^a south of Kinnereth,^b in the Shephelah,^c and in Naphoth Dor^d in the west, ³to the Canaanites^e in the east and west, the Amorites,^f the Hittites,^g the Perizzites,^h and the Jebusitesⁱ in the hill country, and the Hivites^j at the foot of^k Hermon in the land of Mizpah. ⁴They 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. ⁵And all these kings joined forces, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.

⁶And 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.” ⁷So Joshua, and all the fighting men^l with him, came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and they attacked them.^m ⁸And 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. ⁹And Joshua did to them as Yahweh commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰Then 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.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

aA dry region that runs south of the Sea of Galilee along the Jordan valley
bThat is, the Sea of Galilee
cOr “lowlands”; a geographical region on the western edge of the hills of Judea
dOr “the heights of Dor”
eHebrew “Canaanite”
fHebrew “Amorite”
gHebrew “Hittite”
hHebrew “Perizzite”
iHebrew “Jebusite”
jHebrew “Hivite”
kLiterally “under”
lLiterally “all the people of war”
mLiterally “they fell upon them”