1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

2 and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of Chinnereth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,

3 to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, and the Hivite below Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots.

5 And when all these kings had met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

6 And Jehovah said to Joshua, Do not be afraid before them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.

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

8 And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and pursued them to Greater Sidon, to the Brook Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they struck them until they left none of them remaining.

9 And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had spoken to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

10 And Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.

11 And they struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left breathing; and he burned Hazor with fire.

12 Thus all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua took and struck with the edge of the sword. He utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded.

13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only, which Joshua burned.

14 And all the spoils of these cities and the livestock, the sons of Israel took as plunder for themselves; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left no one breathing.

15 As Jehovah had commanded Moses his servant, thus Moses had commanded Joshua, and thus Joshua did. He did not turn aside from anything of all that Jehovah had commanded Moses.

16 Thus Joshua took all this land: the mountains, all the south, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, and the plain; the mountains of Israel and its lowlands,

17 from Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, even as far as Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings, and struck them down and killed them.

18 Joshua made war many days 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. All the others they took in battle.

20 For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that He might utterly destroy them, and that they might receive no mercy, but that He might destroy them, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

21 And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

22 None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.

23 Thus Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Jehovah had spoken to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

1 SUCEDEU depois disto que, ouvindo-o Jabim, rei de Hazor, enviou 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, e na campina para o sul de Quinerote, e nas planícies, e em Nafote-Dor, da banda do mar; 3 Ao cananeu do oriente e do ocidente ao amorreu, e ao heteu, e ao ferezeu, e ao jebuseu nas montanhas: e ao heveu ao pé de Hermom, na terra de Mizpá. 4 Saíram pois estes, e todos os seus exércitos com eles, muito povo, como a areia que está na praia do mar em multidão: e muitíssimos cavalos e carros. 5 Todos estes 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 Mizpá 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 estes reinos. 11 E a toda a alma, que nela havia, feriram ao fio da espada, e totalmente os destruíram; nada restou do que tinha fôlego, e a Hazor queimou com fogo. 12 E Josué tomou todas as cidades destes reis, e todos os seus reis, e os feriu ao fio da 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 somente Hazor, a qual Josué queimou. 14 E todos os despojos destas cidades, e o gado, os filhos de Israel saquearam para si: tão somente a todos os homens feriram ao fio da 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 estes reis. 19 Não houve cidade que fizesse paz com os filhos de Israel, senão os heveus, moradores de Gibeom: por guerra as tomaram todas. 20 Porquanto do Senhor vinha, que os seus corações endurecessem, 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 enaquins das montanhas de Hebrom, de Debir, de Anabe, e de todas as montanhas de Judá, e de todas as montanhas de Israel: Josué os destruiu totalmente com as suas cidades. 22 Nenhum dos enaquins ficou de resto na terra dos filhos de Israel: somente ficaram de resto em Gaza, em Gate, e em Asdote. 23 Assim, Josué tomou toda esta terra conforme a tudo o que o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés: e Josué a deu em herança aos filhos de Israel, conforme às suas divisões, conforme às suas tribos: e a terra repousou da guerra.