1Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;stylusJoshua 11:10, Joshua 11:10, Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:4, Psalms 2:12to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;stylusJudges 1:27, Joshua 12:3, Judges 1:27, Joshua 12:3, Joshua 17:113to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.stylusJudges 3:3, Judges 3:3, Genesis 31:49, Joshua 18:26, Genesis 31:494So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.stylusJudges 7:12, Judges 7:12, 1 Samuel 13:5, 1 Samuel 13:5, Genesis 32:125All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.stylusIsaiah 8:9, Psalms 3:1, Revelation 16:14, Psalms 118:10, Psalms 118:126Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”stylusJoshua 10:8, Joshua 10:8, 2 Samuel 8:4, 2 Samuel 8:4, Judges 20:287So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,stylusJoshua 10:9, Joshua 10:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:28and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.stylusJoshua 13:6, Joshua 13:6, Joshua 19:28, Joshua 19:28, Genesis 10:159Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.stylusJoshua 11:6, Joshua 11:6, Ezekiel 39:9, Ezekiel 39:10, Ezekiel 39:910At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.stylusJudges 4:2, Joshua 11:1, Judges 4:2, Joshua 11:111The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.stylusJoshua 10:40, Joshua 10:40, Deuteronomy 20:16, Deuteronomy 20:1612Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.stylusDeuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 20:16, Deuteronomy 20:17, Deuteronomy 7:2, Deuteronomy 20:1613Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.stylusJeremiah 30:18, Jeremiah 30:1814The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.stylusNumbers 31:9, Joshua 11:11, Deuteronomy 6:10, Deuteronomy 6:11, Joshua 10:4015As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.stylusJoshua 1:7, Joshua 1:7, Deuteronomy 7:2, Exodus 34:11, Exodus 34:1316So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,stylusJoshua 10:41, Joshua 10:41, Joshua 11:21, Joshua 12:8, Joshua 11:2117from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.stylusDeuteronomy 7:24, Deuteronomy 7:24, Joshua 11:3, Joshua 13:5, Joshua 11:318Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.stylusJoshua 11:23, Joshua 14:7, Joshua 14:10, Joshua 11:23, Joshua 14:719No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.stylusJoshua 9:3, Joshua 9:27, Joshua 9:3, Joshua 9:2720For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.stylusRomans 9:18, Romans 9:18, Deuteronomy 20:16, Deuteronomy 20:17, Deuteronomy 20:1621At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.stylusDeuteronomy 9:2, Deuteronomy 9:2, Joshua 15:13, Joshua 15:14, Numbers 13:2222No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.stylus1 Samuel 17:4, 1 Samuel 17:4, Joshua 15:46, Joshua 15:46, 1 Samuel 5:123So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.stylusJoshua 21:44, Joshua 21:45, Joshua 21:44, Joshua 21:45, Numbers 26:52