1 Quando Jabim, rei de Hazor, soube do que havia acontecido, enviou mensagens aos seguintes reis: a Jobabe, rei de Madom; ao rei de Sinrom; ao rei de Acsafe; 2 a todos os reis da região montanhosa ao norte; aos reis do vale do Jordão, ao sul da Galileia; aos reis das colinas do oeste; aos reis de Nafote-Dor, a oeste; 3 aos reis de Canaã, a leste e a oeste; aos reis dos amorreus, dos hititas, dos ferezeus, dos jebuseus da região montanhosa, e dos heveus das cidades nas encostas do Hermom, na região de Mispá.

4 Todos esses reis saíram para lutar. Juntos, seus exércitos formavam uma grande multidão, como a areia na beira do mar, equipados com muitos cavalos e carros de guerra. 5 Os reis se uniram e acamparam ao redor das águas perto de Merom, para guerrearem contra Israel.

6 Então o Senhor disse a Josué: "Não tenha medo deles. Amanhã a esta hora eu os entregarei todos mortos a Israel. Vocês deverão cortar os tendões de seus cavalos e queimar seus carros de guerra".

7 Josué e todo o exército foram às águas perto de Merom e atacaram de surpresa, 8 e o Senhor deu a Israel vitória sobre seus inimigos. Os israelitas os perseguiram até a grande Sidom, até Misrefote-Maim e até o vale de Mispá, a leste, e não sobrou nenhum guerreiro inimigo com vida. 9 Então Josué cortou os tendões dos cavalos e queimou todos os carros de guerra, conforme o Senhor havia ordenado.

10 Depois, Josué voltou, tomou Hazor e matou seu rei. Em outros tempos, Hazor havia sido a capital de todos esses reinos. 11 Os israelitas mataram e destruíram completamente todos que viviam na cidade, sem deixar sobreviventes. Ninguém foi poupado. Por fim, Josué queimou a cidade.

12 Josué matou todos os outros reis e seus povos e os destruiu completamente, conforme Moisés, servo do Senhor, havia ordenado. 13 Mas Israel não incendiou nenhuma das cidades construídas nas colinas, exceto Hazor, que Josué queimou. 14 Os israelitas tomaram todos os despojos e os animais das cidades destruídas, mas mataram todos os seus habitantes, sem deixar sobreviventes. 15 Conforme o Senhor havia ordenado a seu servo Moisés, também Moisés ordenou a Josué, e ele obedeceu fielmente a todas as ordens que o Senhor tinha dado a Moisés.

16 Assim, Josué conquistou toda aquela terra: a região montanhosa, todo o Neguebe, toda a região ao redor da cidade de Gósen, as colinas do oeste, o vale do Jordão, os montes de Israel e as colinas próximas. 17 O território israelita se estendia agora desde o monte Halaque, que sobe em direção a Seir, até Baal-Gade, no vale do Líbano, ao pé do monte Hermom. Josué capturou e matou todos os reis desses territórios, 18 depois de guerrear contra eles por muito tempo. 19 Ninguém na região fez tratados de paz com os israelitas, exceto os heveus de Gibeom. Todos os outros foram derrotados na guerra, 20 pois o Senhor lhes endureceu o coração para que lutassem contra Israel. Por isso, foram completamente destruídos, sem misericórdia, conforme o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés.

21 Nesse período, Josué destruiu todos os descendentes de Enaque da região montanhosa de Hebrom, Debir, Anabe, e de toda a região montanhosa de Judá e Israel. Matou todos eles e destruiu completamente suas cidades. 22 Não sobreviveu nenhum descendente de Enaque em todo o território dos israelitas, embora restassem alguns em Gaza, Gate e Asdode.

23 Assim, Josué assumiu o controle de toda a terra, conforme o Senhor havia instruído Moisés. Josué a entregou ao povo de Israel como herança e a repartiu entre as tribos. E, por fim, a terra descansou da guerra.

1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, 2 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west, 3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. 5 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

6 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."

7 So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. 8 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining. 9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. 10 Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms. 11 They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burned Hazor with fire. 12 Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that. 14 The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.

15 As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 16 So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same, 17 from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck 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, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle. 20 For it was of Yahweh to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Yahweh commanded Moses. 21 Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.