1 And it came to pass when Jabin king of Hazor heard {this}, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
2 and to the kings that were northward in the mountains, and in the plain south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and on the upland of Dor on the west,
3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a people numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
5 And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
6 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for to-morrow about this time will I give them all up slain before Israel: their horses shalt thou hough, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire.
7 And Joshua, and all the people of war with him, came upon them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward, and smote them until none were left remaining to them.
9 And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
10 And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword; for Hazor was in times past the head of all those kingdoms.
11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, destroying them utterly: there was not any left to breathe; and he burned Hazor with fire.
12 And all the cities of those kings and all their kings did Joshua take; and he smote them with the edge of the sword, destroying them utterly, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.
13 Only, all the cities that stood still upon their hills Israel did not burn, save Hazor alone, {which} Joshua burned.
14 And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle the children of Israel took as prey to themselves; only, they smote all the men with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them: they left none that breathed.
15 As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua: he let nothing fail of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.
16 And Joshua took all that land, the mountain and all the south, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and its lowland;
17 from the smooth mountain, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-Gad in the valley of Lebanon, at the foot of mount Hermon; and he took all their kings, and smote them, and put them to death.
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites who dwelt at Gibeon; they took all in battle.
20 For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
21 And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountain of Judah, and from all the mountain of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly, with their cities.
22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel; only at Gazah, at Gath, and at Ashdod there remained.
23 And Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions, by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
1 夏琐王耶宾一听见这些事， 就派人去见玛顿王约巴、伸仑王、押煞王，
2 以及住在北方山地、基尼烈南边的亚拉巴高原和西边多珥高地的众王，
3 又去见在东方和西方的迦南人， 住在山地的亚摩利人、赫人、比利洗人和耶布斯人， 以及米斯巴地黑门山下的希未人。
4 这些王与他们所有的军队都一同出来， 人数众多， 好像海边的沙， 还有很多马匹和车辆。
5 这些王都联合起来， 来到米伦水边， 在那里一起安营， 要与以色列人作战。
6 耶和华对约书亚说： "你不要因他们惧怕， 因为明天这个时候， 我必使他们全数在以色列人面前被杀； 你要砍断他们的马蹄筋， 焚烧他们的车辆。"
7 于是约书亚和所有与他在一起能作战的人， 在米伦水边突然迫近， 攻打他们。
8 耶和华把他们交在以色列人手里， 以色列人就击杀他们， 追赶他们直到西顿大城、米斯利弗．玛音， 以及在东边的米斯巴谷； 以色列人击杀他们， 没有留下一个。
9 约书亚照着耶和华吩咐他的对待他们； 他砍断了他们的马蹄筋， 用火烧了他们的车辆。
10 那时， 约书亚转回来， 占领了夏琐， 用刀击杀了夏琐王， 因为夏琐在这些国中素来是为首的。
11 以色列人用刀击杀了城中所有的人， 把他们完全毁灭； 有气息的一个也没有留下； 约书亚又放火烧了夏琐。
12 约书亚夺取了那些王的一切城镇， 又擒获那些城镇所有的王； 他用刀击杀了他们， 把一切完全毁灭， 正如耶和华仆人摩西所吩咐的。
13 至于那些立在土丘上的城， 除了夏琐以外， 以色列人都没有焚烧； 约书亚只烧了夏琐。
14 那些城所有的战利品和牲畜， 以色列人都据为己有； 只是把所有的人都用刀击杀了， 直到把他们杀尽； 有气息的， 他们没有留下一个。
15 耶和华怎样吩咐他的仆人摩西， 摩西就怎样吩咐约书亚， 约书亚也照样行了； 耶和华吩咐摩西的一切， 约书亚没有一样不办妥的。
16 这样， 约书亚夺取了那整个地区， 就是山地、整个南地、歌珊全地、高原、亚拉巴、以色列山地和山地的高原；
17 从延伸至西珥的哈拉山， 直到黑门山下黎巴嫩谷的巴力．迦得； 约书亚擒获了那些地方所有的王， 把他们都杀死了。
18 约书亚和这些王作战了很多的日子。
19 除了住在基遍的希未人以外， 没有一座城与以色列人议和的； 所有其他的城都是以色列人作战夺取的。
20 因为这是出于耶和华的旨意， 他使他们心里刚硬， 要与以色列人交战， 好把他们完全毁灭， 使他们不蒙怜悯， 却要被消灭， 正如耶和华吩咐摩西的。
21 那时约书亚来了， 把在山地、希伯仑、底璧、亚拿伯、整个犹大山地、整个以色列山地所有的亚衲族人都剪除了。约书亚把他们与他们的城镇都完全毁灭了。
22 在以色列人的境内， 没有留下一个亚衲族人， 只在迦萨、迦特和亚实突还有余下的。
23 这样， 约书亚照着耶和华吩咐摩西的一切话， 夺取了那全地； 于是， 约书亚按着以色列的支派把地分给他们作产业。全地也就止息了战争。