1 Essas coisas chegaram aos ouvidos de Jabim, rei de Hazor. E ele mandou mensageiros aos seguintes reis: a Jobabe, rei de Madom; aos reis de Sinrom e Acsafe; 2 aos reis da região montanhosa, ao norte; aos do vale do Jordão, ao sul do lago da Galileia; e aos da planície e do litoral, perto de Dor. 3 Também enviou mensageiros aos cananeus dos dois lados do rio Jordão, aos amorreus, aos heteus, aos perizeus, aos jebuseus da região montanhosa e aos heveus, que viviam ao pé do monte Hermom, na terra de Mispa. 4 Eles foram com todos os seus soldados — um exército com tantos homens quantos são os grãos de areia da praia do mar. Tinham também muitos cavalos e carros de guerra. 5 Todos esses reis juntaram os seus soldados e acamparam perto do riacho de Merom, para lutar contra o povo de Israel.

6 O Senhor Deus disse a Josué:

— Não fique com medo deles. Amanhã, a esta mesma hora, eu matarei toda essa gente para Israel. Você aleijará os cavalos deles e queimará os seus carros.

7 Assim Josué e todos os seus soldados atacaram de surpresa perto do riacho de Merom, 8 e o Senhor Deus deu a vitória aos israelitas. Eles atacaram os inimigos e os perseguiram até a grande Sidom e Misrefote-Maim e até o vale de Mispa, a leste. Continuaram a lutar até matarem todos os inimigos. 9 Josué fez como o Senhor havia mandado: aleijou os cavalos deles e queimou os seus carros de guerra.

10 Então Josué voltou, tomou a cidade de Hazor e matou o seu rei. Nesse tempo Hazor era o mais poderoso de todos esses reinos. 11 Os israelitas mataram todos os moradores, e a cidade foi queimada. 12 Josué tomou todas essas cidades e os seus reis. Matou todos, conforme a ordem de Moisés, servo do Senhor. 13 Mas os israelitas não queimaram nenhuma das cidades construídas sobre ruínas , a não ser Hazor, que Josué incendiou. 14 Os israelitas ficaram com todos os objetos de valor e com o gado dessas cidades. Mas todas as pessoas foram mortas; não ficou ninguém vivo. 15 O Senhor tinha dado essas ordens ao seu servo Moisés; Moisés as deu a Josué, e Josué obedeceu. Ele fez tudo o que o Senhor havia mandado Moisés fazer.

16 Josué tomou toda aquela terra, isto é, a região montanhosa de Judá, toda a região sul, toda a terra de Gosém, as planícies de Judá, o vale do Jordão e também a região montanhosa e as planícies do litoral de Israel. 17 Essa região ia desde o monte Halaque, perto de Seir, até Baal-Gade, no vale do Líbano, ao pé do monte Hermom. Josué matou todos os reis desses lugares 18 nas guerras que fez por longo tempo contra eles. 19 Nenhuma dessas cidades fez acordos de paz com Israel, a não ser Gibeão, onde moravam alguns heveus. As outras cidades foram tomadas na guerra. 20 O Senhor Deus fez com que os moradores dessas cidades teimassem em lutar contra o povo de Israel, para que, assim, fossem completamente destruídos e mortos sem dó nem piedade. O Senhor havia ordenado isso a Moisés.

21 Nessa ocasião Josué foi e acabou com os gigantes anaquins que viviam nas montanhas: em Hebrom, Debir, Anabe e em toda a região montanhosa de Judá e de Israel. Josué acabou completamente com eles e destruiu as suas cidades. 22 Nenhum dos anaquins ficou na terra de Israel. Somente alguns continuaram a viver nas cidades de Gaza, Gate e Asdode. 23 Como o Senhor havia ordenado a Moisés, Josué tomou a terra e a deu aos israelitas para ser propriedade deles. Ele dividiu a terra e deu uma parte a cada tribo.

E assim a guerra acabou.

1 When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, 2 and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west, 3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, many people, even as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. 5 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

6 Yahweh said to Joshua, "Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."

7 So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. 8 Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining. 9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. 10 Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms. 11 They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burned Hazor with fire. 12 Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that. 14 The children of Israel took all the plunder of these cities, with the livestock, as plunder for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn’t leave any who breathed.

15 As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 16 So Joshua captured all that land, the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, 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. He took all their kings, struck 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 children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle. 20 For it was of Yahweh 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 Yahweh commanded Moses. 21 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 their cities. 22 There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.