Joshua 11 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
When king of heard about all this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,
and to the kings in the northern hill country, in the south of in the and in the coastal highlands of Dor to the west,
to the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the base of in the region of
They marched out with all their armies — a massive force, as as on the — along with enormous numbers of horses and
All these kings joined forces and came together, setting up camp at the of to fight against Israel.
said to Joshua, "Don't be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand every one of them over to Israel, dead. You will their horses and burn their chariots."
So Joshua and his entire fighting force caught them off guard at the waters of Merom and attacked them.
Yahweh handed them over to Israel. They struck them down and chased them all the way to to Misrephoth-maim, and eastward to the valley of Mizpah. They cut them down until no survivors were left.
Joshua did to them exactly what Yahweh had told him — he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
Then Joshua turned back and captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword. Hazor had been the among all these kingdoms.
They put everyone in it to the sword, them. Nothing that breathed was left alive. Then he burned Hazor to the ground.
Joshua captured all these royal cities and their kings, putting them to the sword. He completely destroyed them, just as Moses, had commanded.
But Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their — except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
The Israelites kept all the plunder and livestock from these cities for themselves. But they put every person to the sword until they had wiped them out, leaving nothing alive that breathed.
What Yahweh had commanded his servant Moses, Moses passed on to Joshua, and Joshua carried it out. He left nothing undone of everything Yahweh had commanded Moses.
So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, the whole the entire area of the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, and the mountains of Israel with their foothills —
from which rises toward Seir, all the way to in the valley of Lebanon below Hermon. He captured all their kings, struck them down, and killed them.
Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.
Not a single city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Every other city was taken by force.
It was Yahweh's own doing that they their to wage war against Israel, so that he would completely destroy them — just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
During that time, Joshua went and wiped out the from the hill country — from Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them along with their cities.
No Anakim were left in Israelite territory. The only ones remaining were in Gath, and Ashdod.
So Joshua took the entire land, exactly as Yahweh had promised Moses. Joshua gave it to Israel as their divided among their tribes. And the land had from war.