Joshua 11:1-9

Conquests in Northern Canaan

1 When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he z sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2 and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the a Arabah south of b Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and c in Naphoth-dor on the d west, 3 to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the e Jebusites in the hill country, and the f Hivites under g Hermon in the land of h Mizpah. 4 And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number i like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. 5 And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

6 And the Lord said to Joshua, j "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall k hamstring their horses and burn their l chariots with fire." 7 So Joshua and all his warriors came m suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them. 8 And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as n Great Sidon and o Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of p Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining. 9 And Joshua did to them q just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

  1. Cross References
    Joshua 10:3
    So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying.
  2. Cross References
    Joshua 3:16
    The waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.
    Deuteronomy 1:1
    These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.
  3. Cross References
    Joshua 12:3
    And the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah.
    Joshua 13:27
    And in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.
    Joshua 19:35
    The fortified cities are Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth.
    Numbers 34:11
    And the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.
  4. Cross References
    Joshua 12:23
    The king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee, one.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 17:11
    Also in Issachar and in Asher Manasseh had Beth-shean and its villages, and Ibleam and its villages, and the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; the third is Naphath.
    Judges 1:27
    Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, for the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land.
  6. Cross References
    Joshua 15:63
    But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
  7. Cross References
    Judges 3:3
    These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:8
    So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon
  9. Cross References
    Joshua 11:8
    And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining.
    Genesis 31:49
    And Mizpah, for he said, "The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another's sight.
  10. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
    Genesis 32:12
    But you said, 'I will surely do you good, and make your offspring as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.'
    Judges 7:12
    And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts in abundance, and their camels were without number, as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.
    1 Samuel 13:5
    And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
  11. Cross References
    Joshua 10:8
    And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands. Not a man of them shall stand before you.
  12. Cross References
    Joshua 11:9
    And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
    2 Samuel 8:4
    And David took from him 1,700 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses but left enough for 100 chariots.
    1 Chronicles 18:4
    And David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.
    Genesis 49:6
    Let my soul come not into their council; O my glory, be not joined to their company. For in their anger they killed men, and in their willfulness they hamstrung oxen.
  13. Cross References
    Joshua 17:16 - 18
    The people of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us. Yet all the Canaanites who dwell in the plain have chariots of iron, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and those in the Valley of Jezreel.
    Deuteronomy 20:1
    When you go out to war against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and an army larger than your own, you shall not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
    Judges 1:19
    And the Lord was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but he could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain because they had chariots of iron.
    Judges 4:3
    Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, for he had 900 chariots of iron and he oppressed the people of Israel cruelly for twenty years.
  14. Cross References
    Joshua 10:9
    So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having marched up all night from Gilgal.
  15. Cross References
    Joshua 19:28
    Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, Kanah, as far as Sidon the Great.
  16. Cross References
    Joshua 13:6
    All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I myself will drive them out from before the people of Israel. Only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
  17. Cross References
    Joshua 11:3
    To the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
  18. Cross References
    Joshua 11:6
    And the Lord said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
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