Joshua 11

vayehi kishmoa yavin melekh-khatsor vayyishlakh el-yovav melekh madon ve'el-melekh shimron ve'el-melekh akhshaf

When the news reached King Jabin of Hazor, he sent messages to King Jobab of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

ve'el-hammelakhim asher mitsefon bahar uva'aravah negev kinrot uvashefelah uvenafot dor miyyam

and to the other kings in the north—in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the lowlands, and in the district of Dor on the west;

hakkena'ani mimmizrakh umiyyam veha'emori vehakhitti vehapperizzi vehayevusi bahar vehakhivvi takhat khermon be'erets hammitspah

to the Canaanites in the east and in the 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.

vayyetse'u hem vekhol-makhanehem immam am-rav kakhol asher al-sefat-hayyam larov vesus varekhev rav-me'od

They took the field with all their armies—an enormous host, as numerous as the sands on the seashore—and a vast multitude of horses and chariots.

vayyivva'adu kol hammelakhim ha'elleh vayyavo'u vayyakhanu yakhdav el-me merom lehillakhem im-yisra'el

All these kings joined forces; they came and encamped together at the Waters of Merom to give battle to Israel.

vayyomer Adonai el-yehoshua al-tira mippenehem ki-makhar ka'et hazzot anokhi noten et-kullam khalalim lifne yisra'el et-susehem te'aqqer ve'et-markevotehem tisrof ba'esh

But GOD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them; tomorrow at this time I will have them all lying slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

vayyavo yehoshua vekhol-am hammilkhamah immo alehem al-me merom pitom vayyippelu bahem

So Joshua, with all his combat troops, came upon them suddenly at the Waters of Merom, and pounced upon them.

vayyittenem Adonai beyad-yisra'el vayyakkum vayyirdefum ad-tsidon rabbah ve'ad misrefot mayim ve'ad-biqat mitspeh mizrakhah vayyakkum ad-bilti hishir-lahem sarid

GOD delivered them into the hands of Israel, and they defeated them and pursued them all the way to Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and all the way to the Valley of Mizpeh on the east; they crushed them, letting none escape.

vayya'as lahem yehoshua ka'asher amar-lo Adonai et-susehem iqqer ve'et-markevotehem saraf ba'esh

And Joshua dealt with them as GOD had ordered him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

vayyashov yehoshua ba'et hahi vayyilkod et-khatsor ve'et-malkah hikkah vekharev ki-khatsor lefanim hi rosh kol-hammamlakhot ha'elleh

Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword.—Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.—

vayyakku et-kol-hannefesh asher-bah lefi-kherev hakharem lo notar kol-neshamah ve'et-khatsor saraf ba'esh

They proscribed and put to the sword every person in it. Not a soul survived, and Hazor itself was burned down.

ve'et-kol-are hammelakhim-ha'elleh ve'et-kol-malkhehem lakhad yehoshua vayyakkem lefi-kherev hekherim otam ka'asher tsivvah mosheh eved Adonai

Joshua captured all those royal cities and their kings. He put them to the sword; he proscribed them in accordance with the charge of Moses, the servant of GOD.

raq kol-he'arim ha'omedot al-tillam lo serafam yisra'el zulati et-khatsor levaddah saraf yehoshua

However, all those towns that are still standing on their mounds were not burned down by Israel; it was Hazor alone that Joshua burned down.

vekhol shelal he'arim ha'elleh vehabbehemah bazezu lahem bene yisra'el raq et-kol-ha'adam hikku lefi-kherev ad-hishmidam otam lo hishiru kol-neshamah

The Israelites kept all the spoil and cattle of the rest of those cities as booty. But they cut down their populations with the sword until they exterminated them; they did not spare a soul.

ka'asher tsivvah Adonai et-mosheh avdo ken-tsivvah mosheh et-yehoshua vekhen asah yehoshua lo-hesir davar mikkol asher-tsivvah Adonai et-mosheh

Just as the ETERNAL had commanded [God’s] servant Moses, so Moses had charged Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that GOD had commanded Moses.

vayyiqqakh yehoshua et-kol-ha'arets hazzot hahar ve'et-kol-hannegev ve'et kol-erets haggoshen ve'et-hashefelah ve'et-ha'aravah ve'et-har yisra'el ushefelatoh

Joshua conquered the whole of this region: the hill country [of Judah], the Negeb, the whole land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, and the hill country and coastal plain of Israel—

min-hahar hekhalaq ha'oleh se'ir ve'ad-ba'al gad beviqat hallevanon takhat har-khermon ve'et kol-malkhehem lakhad vayyakkem vayemitem

[everything] from Mount Halak, which ascends to Seir, all the way to Baal-gad in the Valley of the Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon; and he captured all the kings there and executed them.

yamim rabbim asah yehoshua et-kol-hammelakhim ha'elleh milkhamah

Joshua waged war with all those kings over a long period.

lo-hayetah ir asher hishlimah el-bene yisra'el bilti hakhivvi yosheve givon et-hakkol laqekhu vammilkhamah

Apart from the Hivites who dwelt in Gibeon, not a single city made terms with the Israelites; all were taken in battle.

ki me'et Adonai hayetah lekhazzeq et-libbam liqrat hammilkhamah et-yisra'el lema'an hakharimam levilti heyot-lahem tekhinnah ki lema'an hashmidam ka'asher tsivvah Adonai et-mosheh

For it was GOD’s doing to stiffen their hearts to give battle to Israel, in order that they might be proscribed without quarter and wiped out, as GOD had commanded Moses.

vayyavo yehoshua ba'et hahi vayyakhret et-ha'anaqim min-hahar min-khevron min-devir min-anav umikkol har yehudah umikkol har yisra'el im-arehem hekherimam yehoshua

At that time, Joshua went and wiped out the Anakites from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, and Anab, from the entire hill country of Judah, and from the entire hill country of Israel; Joshua proscribed them and their towns.

lo-notar anaqim be'erets bene yisra'el raq be'azzah begat uve'ashdod nisharu

No Anakites remained in the land of the Israelites; but some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.

vayyiqqakh yehoshua et-kol-ha'arets kekhol asher dibber Adonai el-mosheh vayyittenah yehoshua lenakhalah leyisra'el kemakhleqotam leshivtehem veha'arets shaqetah mimmilkhamah

Thus Joshua conquered the whole country, just as GOD had promised Moses; and Joshua assigned it to Israel to share according to their tribal divisions. And the land had rest from war.