1 Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

2 And to the kings on the north in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the highlands of Dor on the west,

3 And to the Canaanites on the east and on the west, and to the Amorites and the Hittites and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill-country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.

4 And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a great people, in number like the sand on the seaside, with horses and war-carriages in great number.

5 And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.

6 And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

7 So Joshua and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.

8 And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them driving them back to great Zidon and to Misrephoth-maim and into the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they put them all to death, no man got away safely.

9 And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

10 At that time, Joshua went on to take Hazor and put its king to the sword: for in earlier times Hazor was the chief of all those kingdoms.

11 And they put every person in it to death without mercy, giving every living thing up to the curse, and burning Hazor.

12 And all the towns of these kings, and all the kings, Joshua took, and put them to the sword: he gave them up to the curse, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had said.

13 As for the towns made on hills of earth, not one was burned by Israel but Hazor, which was burned by Joshua.

14 And all the goods taken from these towns, and their cattle, the children of Israel kept for themselves; but every man they put to death without mercy, till their destruction was complete, and there was no one living.

15 As the Lord had given orders to Moses his servant, so Moses gave orders to Joshua, and so Joshua did; every order which the Lord had given to Moses was done.

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, the hill-country of Israel and its lowland;

17 From Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he overcame and put to death.

18 For a long time Joshua made war on all those kings.

19 Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.

20 For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

21 And Joshua came at that time and put an end to the Anakim in the hill-country, in Hebron, in Debir, in Anab, and in all the hill-country of Judah and Israel: Joshua gave them and their towns to the curse.

22 Not one of the Anakim was to be seen in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, some were still living.

23 So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it to the children of Israel as their heritage, making division of it among them by their tribes. And the land had rest from war.

1 Quando Jabim, rei de Hazor, soube disso, enviou mensagem a Jobabe, rei de Madom, aos reis de Sinrom e Acsafe,

2 e aos reis do norte que viviam nas montanhas, na Arabá ao sul de Quinerete, na Sefelá e em Nafote-Dor, a oeste;

3 aos cananeus a leste e a oeste; aos amorreus, aos hititas, aos ferezeus e aos jebuseus das montanhas; e aos heveus do sopé do Hermom, na região de Mispá.

4 Saíram com todas as suas tropas, um exército imenso, tão numeroso como a areia da praia, além de um grande número de cavalos e carros.

5 Todos esses reis se uniram e acamparam junto às águas de Merom, para lutar contra Israel.

6 E o Senhor disse a Josué: "Não tenha medo deles, porque amanhã a esta hora entregarei todos mortos a Israel. A você cabe cortar os tendões dos cavalos deles e queimar os seus carros".

7 Josué e todo o seu exército os surpreenderam junto às águas de Merom e os atacaram,

8 e o Senhor os entregou nas mãos de Israel, que os derrotou e os perseguiu até Sidom, a grande, até Misrefote-Maim e até o vale de Mispá, a leste. Eles os mataram sem deixar sobrevivente algum.

9 Josué os tratou como o Senhor lhe tinha ordenado. Cortou os tendões dos seus cavalos e queimou os seus carros.

10 Na mesma ocasião Josué voltou, conquistou Hazor e matou o seu rei à espada. ( Hazor tinha sido a capital de todos esses reinos. )

11 Matou à espada todos os que nela estavam. Exterminou-os totalmente, sem poupar nada que respirasse, e incendiou Hazor.

12 Josué conquistou todas essas cidades e matou à espada os reis que as governavam. Destruiu-as totalmente, como Moisés, servo do Senhor, tinha ordenado.

13 Contudo, Israel não incendiou nenhuma das cidades construídas nas colinas, com exceção de Hazor, que Josué incendiou.

14 Os israelitas tomaram posse de todos os despojos e dos animais dessas cidades, mas mataram todo o povo à espada, até exterminá-lo completamente, sem poupar ninguém.

15 Tudo o que o Senhor tinha ordenado a seu servo Moisés, Moisés ordenou a Josué, e Josué obedeceu, sem deixar de cumprir nada de tudo o que o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés.

16 Assim Josué conquistou toda aquela terra: a serra central, todo o Neguebe, toda a região de Gósen, a Sefelá, a Arabá e os montes de Israel e suas planícies,

17 desde o monte Halaque, que se ergue na direção de Seir, até Baal-Gade, no vale do Líbano, no sopé do monte Hermom. Ele capturou todos os seus reis e os matou.

18 Josué guerreou contra todos esses reis por muito tempo.

19 Com exceção dos heveus que viviam em Gibeom, nenhuma cidade fez a paz com os israelitas, que a todas conquistou em combate.

20 Pois foi o próprio Senhor que endureceu os seus corações para guerrearem contra Israel, para que ele os destruísse totalmente, exterminando-os sem misericórdia, como o Senhor tinha ordenado a Moisés.

21 Naquela ocasião Josué exterminou os enaquins dos montes de Hebrom, de Debir e de Anabe, de todos os montes de Judá, e de Israel. Josué destruiu-os totalmente, e também as suas cidades.

22 Nenhum enaquim foi deixado vivo no território israelita; somente em Gaza, em Gate e em Asdode é que alguns sobreviveram.

23 Foi assim que Josué conquistou toda a terra, conforme o Senhor tinha dito a Moisés, e deu-a por herança a Israel, repartindo-a entre as suas tribos. E a terra teve descanso da guerra.