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Through My Bible Yr 03 – September 10

Joshua 11 – 12

The Northern Campaign

Joshua 11

¹ When Jabin king of Hazor heard what had happened, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Akshaph, ² and to the kings in the northern hill country, those in the Arabah south of Kinneret, ^[1] in the Shephelah, and in Naphoth Dor to the west, ³ as well as to the Canaanites in the east and the west, and to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and to the Hivites below Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah. ⁴ They came out—they and all their divisions with them—a people as numerous as the sand on the seashore, together with very many horses and chariots. ⁵ All these kings gathered together. They came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to wage war against Israel.

⁶ But the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because tomorrow at this time I will give all of them to Israel as corpses. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

⁷ So Joshua and all the military forces with him came upon them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. ⁸ The Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them as far as Great Sidon, as far as Misrephoth Maim, and as far east as the Valley of Mizpah. They struck them down until they left no survivor for them. ⁹ Joshua did to them just as the Lord had said to him: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

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