1 Sucedeu depois disto que, ouvindo-o Jabim, rei de Hazor, enviou mensageiros a Jobabe, rei de Madom, e ao rei de Sinrom, e ao rei de Acsafe;
2 E aos reis, que estavam ao norte, nas montanhas, e na campina para o sul de Quinerete, e nas planícies, e nas elevações de Dor, do lado do mar;
3 Ao cananeu do oriente e do ocidente; e ao amorreu, e ao heteu, e ao perizeu, e ao jebuseu nas montanhas; e ao heveu ao pé de Hermom, na terra de Mizpá.
4 Saíram pois estes, e todos os seus exércitos com eles, muito povo, em multidão como a areia que está na praia do mar; e muitíssimos cavalos e carros.
5 Todos estes reis se ajuntaram, e vieram e se acamparam junto às águas de Merom, para pelejarem contra Israel.
6 E disse o Senhor a Josué: Não temas diante deles; porque amanhã, a esta mesma hora, eu os darei todos feridos diante dos filhos de Israel; os seus cavalos jarretarás, e os seus carros queimarás a fogo.
7 E Josué, e todos os homens de guerra com ele, veio apressadamente sobre eles às águas de Merom, e atacou-os de repente.
8 E o Senhor os deu nas mãos de Israel; e eles os feriram, e os perseguiram até à grande Sidom, e até Misrefote-Maim, e até ao vale de Mizpá ao oriente; feriram até não lhes deixarem nenhum.
9 E fez-lhes Josué como o Senhor lhe dissera; os seus cavalos jarretou, e os seus carros queimou a fogo.
10 E naquele mesmo tempo voltou Josué, e tomou a Hazor, e feriu à espada ao seu rei; porquanto Hazor antes era a cabeça de todos estes reinos.
11 E a todos os que nela estavam, feriram ao fio da espada, e totalmente os destruíram; nada restou do que tinha fôlego, e a Hazor queimou a fogo.
12 E Josué tomou todas as cidades destes reis, e todos os seus reis, e os feriu ao fio da espada, destruindo-os totalmente, como ordenara Moisés servo do Senhor.
13 Tão-somente não queimaram os israelitas as cidades que estavam sobre os seus outeiros; a não ser Hazor, a qual Josué queimou.
14 E todos os despojos destas cidades, e o gado, os filhos de Israel tomaram para si; tão-somente a todos os homens feriram ao fio da espada, até que os destruíram; nada do que tinha fôlego deixaram com vida.
15 Como ordenara o Senhor a Moisés, seu servo, assim Moisés ordenou a Josué; e assim Josué o fez; nem uma só palavra tirou de tudo o que o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.
16 Assim Josué tomou toda aquela terra, as montanhas, e todo o sul, e toda a terra de Gósen, e as planícies, e as campinas, e as montanhas de Israel, e as suas planícies.
17 Desde o monte Halaque, que sobe a Seir, até Baal-Gade, no vale do Líbano, ao pé do monte de Hermom; também tomou todos os seus reis, e os feriu e os matou.
18 Por muito tempo Josué fez guerra contra todos estes reis.
19 Não houve cidade que fizesse paz com os filhos de Israel, senão os heveus, moradores de Gibeom; por guerra as tomaram todas.
20 Porquanto do Senhor vinha o endurecimento de seus corações, para saírem à guerra contra Israel, para que fossem totalmente destruídos e não achassem piedade alguma; mas para os destruir a todos como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés.
21 Naquele tempo veio Josué, e extirpou os anaquins das montanhas de Hebrom, de Debir, de Anabe e de todas as montanhas de Judá e de todas as montanhas de Israel; Josué os destruiu totalmente com as suas cidades.
22 Nenhum dos anaquins foi deixado na terra dos filhos de Israel; somente ficaram alguns em Gaza, em Gate, e em Asdode.
23 Assim Josué tomou toda esta terra, conforme a tudo o que o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés; e Josué a deu em herança aos filhos de Israel, conforme as suas divisões, segundo as suas tribos; e a terra descansou da guerra.
1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he 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 on the north, in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah,
4 and they went out, they and all their armies with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots, very many.
5 And all these kings met together. And they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
6 And LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. Thou shall hock their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
8 And LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth-maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward. And they smote them until they left them none remaining.
9 And Joshua did to them as LORD bade him. He hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10 And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king of it with the sword, for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.
11 And they smote all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was none left that breathed, and he burnt Hazor with fire.
12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, Joshua took, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of LORD commanded.
13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except only Hazor. Joshua burned that.
14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the sons of Israel took for a prey to themselves, but every man they smote with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, neither did they leave any who breathed.
15 As LORD commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that LORD commanded Moses.
16 So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same,
17 from mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon. And he took all their kings, and smote them, and put them to death.
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
19 There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel, except the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
20 For it was of LORD to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them as LORD commanded Moses.
21 And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with the
22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained.
23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that LORD spoke to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.