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 The LORD 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 The LORD 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 the LORD told him. He hamstrung their horses and burnt 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 burnt 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 the LORD commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burnt none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burnt 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 the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that the LORD 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 the LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD 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 the LORD 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.

1 Sucedeu, depois disso, que, ouvindo-o Jabim, rei de Hazor, enviou mensageiros a Jobabe, rei de Madom, e ao rei de Sinrom, e ao rei de Acsafe; 2 e aos reis que estavam ao norte, nas montanhas, na campina para o sul de Quinerete, nas planícies e em Nafote-Dor, da banda do mar; 3 aos cananeus do oriente e do ocidente, aos amorreus, aos heteus, aos ferezeus, aos jebuseus nas montanhas e aos heveus ao pé de Hermom, na terra de Mispa. 4 Saíram, pois, estes e todos os seus exércitos com eles, muito povo, em multidões como a areia que está na praia do mar, e muitíssimos cavalos e carros. 5 Todos esses reis se ajuntaram, e vieram, e se acamparam junto às águas de Merom, para pelejarem contra Israel.

6 E disse o Senhor a Josué: Não temas diante deles, porque amanhã a esta mesma hora eu os darei todos feridos diante dos filhos de Israel; os seus cavalos jarretarás e os seus carros queimarás a fogo. 7 E Josué, e toda a gente de guerra com ele, veio apressadamente sobre eles às águas de Merom, e deram neles de repente. 8 E o Senhor os deu na mão de Israel; e os feriram e os seguiram até à grande Sidom, e até Misrefote-Maim, e até ao vale de Mispa ao oriente; feriram-nos até não lhes deixarem nenhum. 9 E fez-lhes Josué como o Senhor lhe dissera; os seus cavalos jarretou e os seus carros queimou a fogo.

10 E, naquele mesmo tempo, tornou Josué, e tomou a Hazor, e feriu à espada ao seu rei; porquanto Hazor, dantes, era a cabeça de todos esses reinos. 11 E a toda alma que nela havia feriram a fio de espada e totalmente os destruíram, e nada restou do que tinha fôlego; e a Hazor queimou com fogo. 12 E Josué tomou todas as cidades desses reis e todos os seus reis e os feriu a fio de espada, destruindo-os totalmente, como ordenara Moisés, servo do Senhor. 13 Tão somente não queimaram os israelitas as cidades que estavam sobre os seus outeiros: salvo Hazor, a qual Josué queimou. 14 E todos os despojos dessas cidades e o gado os filhos de Israel saquearam para si; tão somente a todos os homens feriram a fio de espada, até que os destruíram; nada do que fôlego tinha deixaram com vida. 15 Como ordenara o Senhor a Moisés, seu servo, assim Moisés ordenou a Josué; e assim Josué o fez; nem uma só palavra tirou de tudo o que o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.

16 Assim, Josué tomou toda aquela terra, as montanhas, e todo o sul, e toda a terra de Gósen, e as planícies, e as campinas, e as montanhas de Israel, e as suas planícies; 17 desde o monte Calvo, que sobe a Seir, até Baal-Gade, no vale do Líbano, às raízes do monte de Hermom; também tomou todos os seus reis, e os feriu, e os matou. 18 Por muitos dias, Josué fez guerra contra todos esses reis. 19 Não houve cidade que fizesse paz com os filhos de Israel, senão os heveus, moradores de Gibeão; por guerra as tomaram todas. 20 Porquanto do Senhor vinha que o seu coração endurecesse, para saírem ao encontro a Israel na guerra, para os destruir totalmente, para se não ter piedade deles, mas para os destruir a todos, como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés. 21 Naquele tempo, veio Josué e extirpou os anaquins das montanhas de Hebrom, de Debir, de Anabe, de todas as montanhas de Judá e de todas as montanhas de Israel; Josué os destruiu totalmente com as suas cidades. 22 Nenhum dos anaquins ficou de resto na terra dos filhos de Israel; somente ficaram de resto em Gaza, em Gate e em Asdode. 23 Assim, Josué tomou toda esta terra conforme tudo o que o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés; e Josué a deu em herança aos filhos de Israel, conforme as suas divisões, conforme as suas tribos; e a terra repousou da guerra.