Joshua 11:1-11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Conquest of Northern Cities

11 When King Jabin of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to: King Jobab of Madon, the kings of Shimron and Achshaph, ² and the kings of the north in the hill country, the Arabah south of Chinnereth,^(A) the Judean foothills,^[a] and the Slopes of Dor^[b] to the west, ³ the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.^{(B) 4} They went out with all their armies – a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore^(C) – along with a vast number of horses and chariots. ⁵ All these kings joined forces; they came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to attack Israel.^(D)

⁶ The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel.^(E) You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.’^{(F) 7} So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. ⁸ The Lord handed them over to Israel, and they struck them down, pursuing them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and to the east as far as the Valley of Mizpeh.^(G) They struck them down, leaving no survivors.^{(H) 9} Joshua treated them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

¹⁰ At that time Joshua turned back, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, because Hazor had formerly been the leader of all these kingdoms. ¹¹ They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying^(I) them; he left no one alive. Then he burned Hazor.