Joshua 11:1–10

Northern Kings Defeated

11When Jabin^d king of Hazor^e heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron^f and Akshaph,^{g 2}and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah^h south of Kinnereth,ⁱ in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor^j on the west; ³to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites^k and Jebusites in the hill country;^l and to the Hivites^m below Hermonⁿ in the region of Mizpah.^{o 4}They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.^{p 5}All these kings joined forces^q and made camp together at the Waters of Merom^r to fight against Israel.

⁶The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand^s all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring^t their horses and burn their chariots.”^u

⁷So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, ⁸and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon,^v to Misrephoth Maim,^w and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. ⁹Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

¹⁰At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword.^x (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.)