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Joshue 11
And when Jabin king of Asor had heard these things,
he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Semeron,
and to the king of Achsaph:
And to the kings of the north, that dwelt in the mountains
and in the plains over against the south side of Ceneroth,
and in the levels and the countries of Dor by the sea
side :
To the Chanaanites also on the ease and on the west,
and the Amorrhite, and the Hethite, and the Pherezite,
and the Jebusite in the mountains: to the Hevite also
who dwelt at the foot of Hermon in the land of Maspha.
And they all came out with their troops, a people exceeding
numerous as the sand that is on the sea shore, their
horses also and chariots a very great multitude,
And all these kings assembled together at the waters
of Merom, to fight against Israel.
And the Lord said to Josue: Fear them not: for to morrow
at this same hour I will deliver all these to be slain
in the sight of Israel: thou shalt hamstring their horses,
and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire.
And Josue came, and all the army with him, against them
to the waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them.
And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel.
And they defeated them, and chased them as far as the
great Sidon, and the waters of Maserophot, and the field
of Masphe, which is on the east side thereof. He slew
them all, so as to leave no remains of them:
And he did as the Lord had commanded him, he hamstringed
their horses and burned their chariots.
And presently turning back he took Asor: and slew the
king thereof with the sword. Now Asor of old was the
head of all these kingdoms.
And he cut off all the souls that abode there: he left
not in it any remains, but utterly destroyed all, and
burned the city itself with fire.
And he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the
cities round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant
of God had commanded him.
Except the cities that were on hills and high places,
the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong
he consumed with fire.
And the children of Israel divided among themselves
all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, killing
all the men.
As the Lord had commanded Moses his servant, so did
Moses command Josue, and he accomplished all: he left
not one thing undone of all the commandments which the
Lord had commanded Moses.
So Josue took all the country of the hills, and of the
south, and the land of Gosen, and the plains and the
west country, and the mountain of Israel, and the plains
thereof:
And part of the mountain that goeth up to Seir as far
as Baalgad, by the plain of Libanus under mount Hermon:
all their kings he took, smote and slew.
Josue made war a long time against these kings.
There was hot a city that delivered itself to the children
of Israel, except the Hevite, who dwelt in Gabaon: for
he took all by fight.
For it was the sentence of the Lord, that their hearts
should be hardened, and they should fight against Israel,
and fall, and should not deserve any clemency, and should
be destroyed as the Lord had commanded Moses.
At that time Josue came and cut off the Enacims from
the mountains, from Hebron, and Dabir, and Anab, and
from all the mountain of Juda and Israel, and destroyed
their cities.
He left not any of the stock of the Enacims, in the
land of the children of Israel: except the cities of
Gaza, and Geth, and Azotus, in which alone they were
left.
So Josue took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses,
and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel,
according to their divisions and tribes. And the land
rested from wars. |