1 E sucedeu que, quando Jabim, rei de Hazor, ouviu estas coisas, ele enviou a Jobabe, rei de Madom, e ao rei de Sinrom, e ao rei de Acsafe;2 e aos reis que estavam ao norte dos montes, e das planícies ao sul de Quinerete, e no vale, e nos termos de Dor, a oeste,3 e ao cananeu, a leste e a oeste, e ao amorreu, e ao heteu, e ao ferezeu, e ao jebuseu nos montes, e ao heveu debaixo de Hermom, na terra de Mispá.4 E eles saíram, e todos os seus exércitos com eles, muitas pessoas, como a areia que há na beira do mar em multidão, com muitíssimos cavalos e carruagens.5 E quando todos estes reis se reuniram, eles vieram e acamparam reunidos junto às águas de Merom, para lutar contra Israel.6 E o SENHOR disse a Josué: Não temas por causa deles, porque amanhã, por volta desta hora eu entregarei e matarei a todos diante de Israel; tu jarretarás os seus cavalos, e queimarás as suas carruagens no fogo.7 Assim, Josué, e com ele todo o povo de guerra, veio subitamente contra eles pelas águas de Merom; e caíram sobre eles.8 E o SENHOR os entregou na mão de Israel, que os feriram e os perseguiram até a grande Sidom, e até Misrefote-Maim, e até o vale de Mispá na direção oeste; e eles os feriram, e não deixaram restar ninguém.9 E Josué fez com eles como o SENHOR lhe ordenou; ele jarretou os seus cavalos, e queimou as suas carruagens com fogo.10 E naquele momento voltou Josué, e tomou Hazor, e feriu o seu rei com a espada, pois Hazor, anteriormente, era a cabeça de todos aqueles reinos.11 E eles feriram todas as almas que ali estavam com o fio da espada, destruindo-as por completo; nada que respirasse foi deixado; e ele queimou Hazor com fogo.12 E tomou Josué todas as cidades daqueles reis, e todos os seus reis, e os feriu com o fio da espada, e os destruiu por completo, tal como Moisés, o servo do SENHOR, ordenara.13 Mas quanto às cidades que permaneceram firmes na sua força, Israel não incendiou nenhuma delas, salvo Hazor, que Josué queimou.14 E todo o despojo daquelas cidades, e o gado, os filhos de Israel tomaram como pilhagem para si; porém feriram todo homem com o fio da espada, até que eles os houvessem destruído, não deixaram nada que respirasse.15 Como o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés, o seu servo, assim também Moisés ordenou a Josué, e assim fez Josué; ele não deixou nada por fazer daquilo que o SENHOR ordenou a Moisés.16 Assim, Josué tomou toda aquela terra, os montes, e toda a região meridional, e toda a terra de Gósen, e o vale, e a planície, e o monte de Israel, e o seu vale;17 até o monte Halaque, que sobe até Seir, até Baal-Gade no vale do Líbano, debaixo do monte Hermom; e tomou todos os seus reis, e os feriu, e os matou.18 Josué guerreou por um longo tempo com todos aqueles reis.19 Não houve cidade que fizesse paz com os filhos de Israel, salvo os heveus, os habitantes de Gibeão; todos os outros eles tomaram em batalha.20 Pois foi o SENHOR a endurecer os seus corações, para que eles viessem contra Israel em batalha, para que pudesse destruí-los totalmente e que não pudessem ter qualquer favor, mas que ele pudesse destruí-los, como ordenou o SENHOR a Moisés.21 E naqueles dias veio Josué, e extirpou os anaquins dos montes de Hebrom, de Debir, de Anabe, e de todos os montes de Judá, e de todos os montes de Israel; Josué os destruiu com as suas cidades por completo.22 Não restou nenhum dos anaquins na terra dos filhos de Israel, só restaram em Gaza, em Gate, e em Asdode.23 Assim, Josué tomou a terra toda, segundo tudo o que o SENHOR disse a Moisés; e Josué a deu por herança para Israel, conforme as suas divisões, pelas suas tribos. E a terra repousou da guerra.

1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,2 and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of Chinnereth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,3 to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.5 And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.6 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not be afraid before them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.7 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and fell upon them.8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and pursued them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they struck them until they left none of them remaining.9 And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had spoken to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.10 And Joshua 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.11 And they struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left breathing; and he burned Hazor with fire.12 Thus all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned.14 And all the spoils of these cities and the livestock, the sons of Israel took as plunder for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left no one breathing.15 As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, thus Moses had commanded Joshua, and thus Joshua did. He did not turn aside from anything of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.16 Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountains, all the south, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the plain; the mountains of Israel and its lowlands,17 from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.18 Joshua made war many days with all those kings.19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. All the others they took in battle.20 For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.21 And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.22 None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.23 Thus Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.