1 Essas coisas chegaram aos ouvidos de Jabim, rei de Hazor. E ele mandou mensageiros aos seguintes reis: a Jobabe, rei de Madom; aos reis de Sinrom e Acsafe; 2 aos reis da região montanhosa, ao norte; aos do vale do Jordão, ao sul do lago da Galileia; e aos da planície e do litoral, perto de Dor. 3 Também enviou mensageiros aos cananeus dos dois lados do rio Jordão, aos amorreus, aos heteus, aos perizeus, aos jebuseus da região montanhosa e aos heveus, que viviam ao pé do monte Hermom, na terra de Mispa. 4 Eles foram com todos os seus soldados — um exército com tantos homens quantos são os grãos de areia da praia do mar. Tinham também muitos cavalos e carros de guerra. 5 Todos esses reis juntaram os seus soldados e acamparam perto do riacho de Merom, para lutar contra o povo de Israel.

6 O Senhor Deus disse a Josué:

— Não fique com medo deles. Amanhã, a esta mesma hora, eu matarei toda essa gente para Israel. Você aleijará os cavalos deles e queimará os seus carros.

7 Assim Josué e todos os seus soldados atacaram de surpresa perto do riacho de Merom, 8 e o Senhor Deus deu a vitória aos israelitas. Eles atacaram os inimigos e os perseguiram até a grande Sidom e Misrefote-Maim e até o vale de Mispa, a leste. Continuaram a lutar até matarem todos os inimigos. 9 Josué fez como o Senhor havia mandado: aleijou os cavalos deles e queimou os seus carros de guerra.

10 Então Josué voltou, tomou a cidade de Hazor e matou o seu rei. Nesse tempo Hazor era o mais poderoso de todos esses reinos. 11 Os israelitas mataram todos os moradores, e a cidade foi queimada. 12 Josué tomou todas essas cidades e os seus reis. Matou todos, conforme a ordem de Moisés, servo do Senhor. 13 Mas os israelitas não queimaram nenhuma das cidades construídas sobre ruínas , a não ser Hazor, que Josué incendiou. 14 Os israelitas ficaram com todos os objetos de valor e com o gado dessas cidades. Mas todas as pessoas foram mortas; não ficou ninguém vivo. 15 O Senhor tinha dado essas ordens ao seu servo Moisés; Moisés as deu a Josué, e Josué obedeceu. Ele fez tudo o que o Senhor havia mandado Moisés fazer.

16 Josué tomou toda aquela terra, isto é, a região montanhosa de Judá, toda a região sul, toda a terra de Gosém, as planícies de Judá, o vale do Jordão e também a região montanhosa e as planícies do litoral de Israel. 17 Essa região ia desde o monte Halaque, perto de Seir, até Baal-Gade, no vale do Líbano, ao pé do monte Hermom. Josué matou todos os reis desses lugares 18 nas guerras que fez por longo tempo contra eles. 19 Nenhuma dessas cidades fez acordos de paz com Israel, a não ser Gibeão, onde moravam alguns heveus. As outras cidades foram tomadas na guerra. 20 O Senhor Deus fez com que os moradores dessas cidades teimassem em lutar contra o povo de Israel, para que, assim, fossem completamente destruídos e mortos sem dó nem piedade. O Senhor havia ordenado isso a Moisés.

21 Nessa ocasião Josué foi e acabou com os gigantes anaquins que viviam nas montanhas: em Hebrom, Debir, Anabe e em toda a região montanhosa de Judá e de Israel. Josué acabou completamente com eles e destruiu as suas cidades. 22 Nenhum dos anaquins ficou na terra de Israel. Somente alguns continuaram a viver nas cidades de Gaza, Gate e Asdode. 23 Como o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés, Josué tomou a terra e a deu aos israelitas para ser propriedade deles. Ele dividiu a terra e deu uma parte a cada tribo.

E assim a guerra acabou.

1 Hearing [of] this, Jabin, king of Hazor, sent a message unto Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph

2 and to the kings that [were] on the north of the mountains and in the plain southward of Chinneroth and in the valley and in the borders of Dor to the west

3 [and 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 under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people even as the sand that [is] upon the sea shore in multitude, with a great multitude of horses and chariots.

5 All these kings united, and as they came they gathered together the camps near the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

6 But the LORD said unto Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this hour I will deliver them up all slain before Israel; thou shalt hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.

7 So Joshua came against them with all the people of war and fell upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom.

8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them and chased them unto great Zidon and unto the hot springs and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them no one remaining.

9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.

10 And Joshua at that time returned and took Hazor and smote the king thereof with the sword because Hazor had been the head of all those kingdoms before.

11 And they smote all the souls that [were] in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]; there was not any left to breathe; and he burnt Hazor with fire.

12 Likewise, Joshua took all the cities of those kings and all their kings and smote them with the edge of the sword, [and] he utterly destroyed them as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded him.

13 But of all the cities that stood on their hills, Israel burned none of them, excepting Hazor only, which Joshua burned.

14 And all the spoil of these cities and the beasts, the sons of Israel took for themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, without leaving any that breathed.

15 As the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took all that land, the mountains and all the [region] of the Negev and all the land of Goshen and the valleys and the plains and the mountain of Israel and its valleys.

17 [Even] from mount Halak that goes up unto Seir unto Baalgad in the plains of Lebanon at the roots of mount Hermon; likewise he took all their kings and smote them and slew them.

18 Joshua made war many days with all those kings.

19 There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon; they took all [the others] in battle.

20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly [and] that they might have no mercy, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

21 Also at the same time Joshua came and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

22 There were none of the Anakims left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.: