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And it came to pass, when Jabin[H2985]king[H4428] of Hazor[H2674] had heard[H8085] those things, that he sent[H7971] to Jobab[H3103]king[H4428] of Madon[H4068], and to the king[H4428] of Shimron[H8110], and to the king[H4428] of Achshaph[H407],
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And to the kings[H4428] that were on the north[H6828] of the mountains[H2022], and of the plains[H6160]south[H5045] of Chinneroth[H3672], and in the valley[H8219], and in the borders[H5299] of Dor[H1756] on the west[H3220],
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And to the Canaanite[H3669] on the east[H4217] and on the west[H3220], and to the Amorite[H567], and the Hittite[H2850], and the Perizzite[H6522], and the Jebusite[H2983] in the mountains[H2022], and to the Hivite[H2340] under Hermon[H2768] in the land[H776] of Mizpeh[H4709].
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And they went out[H3318], they and all their hosts[H4264] with them, much[H7227]people[H5971], even as the sand[H2344] that is upon the sea[H3220]shore[H8193] in multitude[H7230], with horses[H5483] and chariots[H7393]very[H3966]many[H7227].
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And when all these kings[H4428] were met together[H3259], they came[H935] and pitched[H2583]together[H3162] at the waters[H4325] of Merom[H4792], to fight[H3898] against Israel[H3478].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Joshua[H3091], Be not afraid[H3372]because[H6440] of them: for to morrow[H4279] about this time[H6256] will I deliver them up[H5414] all slain[H2491]before[H6440]Israel[H3478]: thou shalt hough[H6131] their horses[H5483], and burn[H8313] their chariots[H4818] with fire[H784].
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So Joshua[H3091]came[H935], and all the people[H5971] of war[H4421] with him, against them by the waters[H4325] of Merom[H4792]suddenly[H6597]; and they fell upon[H5307] them.
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And the LORD[H3068]delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of Israel[H3478], who smote[H5221] them, and chased[H7291] them unto great[H7227]Zidon[H6721], and unto Misrephothmaim[H4956], and unto the valley[H1237] of Mizpeh[H4708]eastward[H4217]; and they smote[H5221] them, until they left[H7604] them none remaining[H8300].
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And Joshua[H3091]did[H6213] unto them as the LORD[H3068]bade[H559] him: he houghed[H6131] their horses[H5483], and burnt[H8313] their chariots[H4818] with fire[H784].
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And Joshua[H3091] at that time[H6256] turned back[H7725], and took[H3920]Hazor[H2674], and smote[H5221] the king[H4428] thereof with the sword[H2719]: for Hazor[H2674]beforetime[H6440] was the head[H7218] of all those kingdoms[H4467].
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And they smote[H5221] all the souls[H5315] that were therein with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], utterly destroying[H2763] them: there was not any left[H3498] to breathe[H5397]: and he burnt[H8313]Hazor[H2674] with fire[H784].
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And all the cities[H5892] of those kings[H4428], and all the kings[H4428] of them, did Joshua[H3091]take[H3920], and smote[H5221] them with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], and he utterly destroyed[H2763] them, as Moses[H4872] the servant[H5650] of the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680].
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But as for the cities[H5892] that stood[H5975] still in their strength[H8510], Israel[H3478]burned[H8313] none of them, save[H2108]Hazor[H2674] only; that did Joshua[H3091]burn[H8313].
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And all the spoil[H7998] of these cities[H5892], and the cattle[H929], the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] took for a prey[H962] unto themselves; but every man[H120] they smote[H5221] with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719], until they had destroyed[H8045] them, neither left[H7604] they any to breathe[H5397].
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As the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872] his servant[H5650], so did[H6213]Moses[H4872]command[H6680]Joshua[H3091], and so did[H6213]Joshua[H3091]; he left[H5493]nothing[H1697]undone[H5493] of all that the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872].
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So Joshua[H3091]took[H3947] all that land[H776], the hills[H2022], and all the south country[H5045], and all the land[H776] of Goshen[H1657], and the valley[H8219], and the plain[H6160], and the mountain[H2022] of Israel[H3478], and the valley[H8219] of the same;
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Even from the mount[H2022]Halak[H2510], that goeth up[H5927] to Seir[H8165], even unto Baalgad[H1171] in the valley[H1237] of Lebanon[H3844] under mount[H2022]Hermon[H2768]: and all their kings[H4428] he took[H3920], and smote[H5221] them, and slew[H4191] them.
18Joshua[H3091]made[H6213]war[H4421] a long[H7227]time[H3117] with all those kings[H4428].
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There was not a city[H5892] that made peace[H7999] with the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], save the Hivites[H2340] the inhabitants[H3427] of Gibeon[H1391]: all other they took[H3947] in battle[H4421].
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For it was of the LORD[H3068] to harden[H2388] their hearts[H3820], that they should come against[H7125]Israel[H3478] in battle[H4421], that he might destroy[H8045] them utterly[H2763], and that they might have no favour[H8467], but that he might destroy[H8045] them, as the LORD[H3068]commanded[H6680]Moses[H4872].
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And at that time[H6256]came[H935]Joshua[H3091], and cut off[H3772] the Anakims[H6062] from the mountains[H2022], from Hebron[H2275], from Debir[H1688], from Anab[H6024], and from all the mountains[H2022] of Judah[H3063], and from all the mountains[H2022] of Israel[H3478]: Joshua[H3091] destroyed them utterly[H2763] with their cities[H5892].
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There was none of the Anakims[H6062]left[H3498] in the land[H776] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]: only in Gaza[H5804], in Gath[H1661], and in Ashdod[H795], there remained[H7604].
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So Joshua[H3091]took[H3947] the whole land[H776], according to all that the LORD[H3068]said[H1696] unto Moses[H4872]; and Joshua[H3091]gave[H5414] it for an inheritance[H5159] unto Israel[H3478] according to their divisions[H4256] by their tribes[H7626]. And the land[H776]rested[H8252] from war[H4421].