Joshua 11 (NET)

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Joshua 11:1¹When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news about Israel’s victories, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:10 Isa 43:5-7 Josh 10:3-4 Judg 4:2 Ps 2:1-4 Isa 26:11 Isa 43:2 Josh 12:19 Josh 19:36 Judg 4:17

Joshua 11:2²and the northern kings who ruled in the hill country, in the rift valley south of Kinnereth, in the foothills, and on the heights of Dor to the west.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 12:3 Judg 1:27 Josh 17:11 Num 34:11 1 Kgs 4:11 Josh 12:23 Josh 10:40 Josh 10:6 Josh 11:21 Josh 13:27

Joshua 11:3³Canaanites came from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area of Mizpah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 3:3 Gen 31:49 Josh 18:26 Josh 13:11 Josh 15:63 1 Kgs 15:22 1 Kgs 9:20 1 Sam 10:17 1 Sam 7:5-7 2 Sam 24:16

Joshua 11:4⁴These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Judg 7:12 1 Sam 13:5 Gen 22:17 Gen 32:12 1 Kgs 4:20 2 Sam 17:11

Joshua 11:5⁵All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 8:9 Ps 118:10-12 Ps 3:1 Rev 16:14

Joshua 11:6⁶The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:8 2 Sam 8:4 1 Sam 11:9 Josh 11:9 Judg 20:28 2 Chr 20:16 Hos 14:3 Isa 30:16 Isa 31:1 Josh 3:5

Joshua 11:7⁷Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:9 1 Thess 5:2-3

Joshua 11:8⁸The Lord handed them over to Israel, and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 13:6 Josh 19:28 Gen 10:15 Gen 49:13 Josh 11:3 Josh 21:44 Zech 9:2

Joshua 11:9⁹Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:6 Ezek 39:9-10

Joshua 11:10¹⁰At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:1 Judg 4:2

Joshua 11:11¹¹They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword —no one who breathed remained—and burned Hazor.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:40 Deut 20:16

Joshua 11:12¹²Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the Lord ’s servant had commanded.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:16-17 Deut 7:2 Num 33:50-53 Josh 10:28 Josh 10:30 Josh 10:32 Josh 10:35 Josh 10:37 Josh 10:39-40 Josh 11:15

Joshua 11:13¹³But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 30:18

Joshua 11:14¹⁴The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 20:14 Deut 6:10-11 Josh 10:40 Josh 11:11 Josh 8:27 Num 31:11-12 Num 31:9

Joshua 11:15¹⁵Moses the Lord ’s servant passed on the Lord ’s commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 34:11-13 Josh 1:7 Acts 20:20 Deut 7:2 2 Chr 30:12 Deut 12:32 Deut 31:7 Deut 4:5 Acts 20:27 Deut 4:2

Joshua 11:16¹⁶Joshua conquered the whole land, including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the foothills, the rift valley, the hill country of Israel and its foothills,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 10:41 Josh 11:21 Josh 12:8 Deut 34:2-3 Ezek 17:23 Ezek 36:1-3 Ezek 36:8 Gen 15:18-21 Josh 11:2 Josh 9:1

Joshua 11:17¹⁷from Mount Halak up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 7:24 Josh 11:3 Josh 13:5 Deut 2:1 Deut 33:2 Gen 32:3 Josh 1:4 Josh 12:7-24

Joshua 11:18¹⁸Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 11:23 Josh 14:7-10

Joshua 11:19¹⁹No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Josh 9:3-27

Joshua 11:20²⁰for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 9:18 Deut 20:16-17 Exod 4:21 Deut 2:30 Deut 7:16 Exod 14:17 Exod 9:16 Josh 11:12-15 Judg 14:4 1 Kgs 12:15

Joshua 11:21²¹At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country —from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua annihilated them and their cities.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 9:2 Deut 1:28 Josh 15:13-14 Num 13:22-23 Amos 2:9 Deut 2:21 Jer 3:23 Jer 9:23 Josh 10:42 Josh 14:12-14