Joshua 11:1–10

The Northern Conquest

11And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he ^asent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king ^bof Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, ²and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of ^cChinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights ^dof Dor on the west, ³to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the ^eAmorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, ^fand the Hivite below ^gHermon ^hin the land of Mizpah. ⁴So they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people ⁱas the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵And when all these kings had ¹met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

⁶But the Lord said to Joshua, ^j“Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall ^khamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” ⁷So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them. ⁸And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to ²Greater ^lSidon, to the ³Brook ^mMisrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining. ⁹So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

¹⁰Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.