1 Jabin, rei de Asor, tendo notícias de todos esses acontecimentos, enviou mensageiro a Jobab, rei de Madon, ao rei de Semeron, ao rei de Acsaf,

2 aos reis do norte da montanha e da planície, ao sul de Ceneret, na planície e nos planaltos de Dor, ao ocidente,

3 aos cananeus do oriente e do ocidente, aos amorreus, aos hiteus, aos ferezeus, aos jebuseus na montanha, aos heveus ao pé do Hermon na terra de Masfa.

4 Entraram então em campanha com todos os seus exércitos, povo numeroso como a areia na praia do mar, com sua cavalaria e grande número de carros.

5 Todos esses reis juntaram-se e vieram acampar juntos, perto das águas de Merom, para combater Israel.

6 O Senhor disse a Josué: Não os temas, porque amanhã, a esta mesma hora, eu os lançarei, ofegantes, diante de Israel. Cortarás os jarretes dos seus cavalos e queimarás os seus carros.

7 Josué atacou-os repentinamente, com todos os seus guerreiros, junto às águas de Merom, e precipitou-se contra eles.

8 O Senhor entregou-os nas mãos de Israel, que os bateu e os perseguiu até Sidon, a Grande, até as águas de Maserefot e até o vale de Masfa, para o oriente. E feriu-os até que não ficou um só.

9 Josué tratou-os como o Senhor lhe tinha dito: jarretou seus cavalos e incendiou seus carros.

10 Voltando, nessa mesma época, Josué tomou Asor e matou à espada seu rei, porque Asor era antigamente a capital de todos esses reinos.

11 Passaram ao fio da espada toda alma viva nessa cidade e votaram-na ao interdito. Nada ficou de tudo o que tinha vida, e incendiou-se Asor.

12 Tomou também Josué todas as cidades desses reis {coligados} e passou-as ao fio da espada, votando-as ao interdito, como Moisés, servo do Senhor, tinha ordenado.

13 Entretanto, Israel não incendiou nenhuma das cidades situadas nas colinas, exceto unicamente Asor, que Josué queimou.

14 Os filhos de Israel apossaram-se de todos os despojos dessas cidades e dos rebanhos. Quanto aos homens, porém, massacraram-nos todos com a espada, até exterminá-los completamente, sem deixar ninguém com vida.

15 Como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés, seu servo, assim Moisés ordenou a Josué; e este tudo executou, sem nada omitir do que o Senhor tinha prescrito a Moisés.

16 Conquistou, assim, Josué toda a terra, a montanha, o Negeb, o território de Gosen, a campina e a planície, o planalto de Israel e suas campinas,

17 desde a montanha nua que sobe para Seir até Baal-Gad, no vale do Líbano ao pé do Hermon. Tomou todos os seus reis, feriu-os e matou-os.

18 Durante muito tempo combateu Josué contra esses reis.

19 Não houve cidade que se rendesse pacificamente aos israelitas, exceto os heveus de Gabaon. Foi necessário que se tomasse tudo à força,

20 porque era o desígnio do Senhor que se endurecesse o coração desses povos e que combatessem Israel; desse modo Israel pôde votá-los ao interdito sem piedade, e exterminá-los, como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés.

21 Naquele tempo Josué marchou contra os enacim da montanha e os exterminou em Hebron, em Dabir, em Anab, e em toda a montanha de Judá e de Israel. E votou-os ao interdito com suas cidades.

22 Não ficou um só enacim na terra dos filhos de Israel; só ficaram alguns em Gaza, em Get e em Azot.

23 Conquistou, pois, Josué toda a terra, como o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés, e deu-a em herança a Israel, repartindo-a segundo suas tribos. E a terra repousou 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.