Y aconteció que cuando se enteró Jabín, rey de Hazor^a, envió mensajeros a Jobab, rey de Madón, al rey de Simrón, al rey de Acsaf, 2 y a los reyes que estaban al norte en la región montañosa, en el Arabá al sur de Cineret^1a, y en las tierras bajas y en las alturas de Dor² al occidente; 3 al cananeo que estaba al oriente y al occidente, al amorreo, al hitita, al ferezeo y al jebuseo en la región montañosa, y al heveo^a al pie¹ del Hermón^b en la tierra de Mizpa^c. 4 Y salieron ellos, y todos sus ejércitos con ellos, tanta gente como la arena que está a la orilla del mar^a, con muchísimos caballos y carros. 5 Así que todos estos reyes, habiendo acordado unirse, vinieron y acamparon juntos cerca de las aguas de Merom para pelear contra Israel.

6 Entonces dijo el SEÑOR a Josué: No temas a causa de ellos, porque mañana a esta hora yo entregaré a todos ellos muertos delante de Israel^a; desjarretarás sus caballos^b y quemarás sus carros a fuego. 7 Y Josué, y toda la gente de guerra con él, vino de repente sobre ellos junto a las aguas de Merom, y los atacó. 8 Y el SEÑOR los entregó en manos de Israel, los derrotaron¹ y los persiguieron hasta Sidón la grande, hasta Misrefot-maim^a y hasta el valle de Mizpa^b al oriente; los hirieron hasta que no les quedó sobreviviente alguno. 9 Y Josué hizo con ellos como el SEÑOR le había mandado: desjarretó sus caballos y quemó sus carros a fuego^a.

10 Por ese mismo tiempo Josué volvió y se apoderó de Hazor^a e hirió a espada a su rey; porque Hazor antes había sido cabeza de todos estos reinos. 11 E hirieron a filo de espada a todas las personas¹ que había en ella, destruyéndolas por completo²; no quedó nadie con vida^3a, y a Hazor le prendió fuego. 12 Y tomó Josué todas las ciudades de estos reyes, y a todos sus reyes los hirió a filo de espada y los destruyó por completo; tal como Moisés, siervo del SEÑOR, había ordenado^a. 13 Sin embargo, Israel no quemó ninguna de las ciudades que estaban sobre sus colinas, con la única excepción de Hazor, la cual Josué quemó. 14 Y los hijos de Israel tomaron como botín todos los despojos de estas ciudades y el ganado^a; mas a los hombres hirieron a filo de espada hasta destruirlos. No dejaron a ninguno con vida¹. 15 Tal como el SEÑOR había ordenado a Moisés su siervo, así Moisés lo ordenó a Josué, y así Josué lo hizo; no dejó de hacer nada de todo lo que el SEÑOR había ordenado a Moisés.

16 Tomó, pues, Josué toda aquella tierra: la región montañosa, todo el Neguev¹, toda la tierra de Gosén^a, las tierras bajas, el Arabá, la región montañosa de Israel y sus tierras bajas^b, 17 desde el monte de Halac, que se levanta hacia Seir, hasta Baal-gad en el valle del Líbano^a, al pie¹ del monte Hermón. Capturó a todos sus reyes, los hirió y los mató^b. 18 Por mucho tiempo Josué estuvo en guerra con todos estos reyes. 19 No hubo ciudad que hiciera paz con los hijos de Israel, excepto los heveos que vivían en Gabaón^a; de todas se apoderaron por la fuerza¹. 20 Porque fue la intención del SEÑOR endurecer¹ el corazón de ellos, para que se enfrentaran en batalla con Israel, a fin de que fueran destruidos por completo^a, sin que tuviera piedad de ellos y² los exterminara, tal como el SEÑOR había ordenado a Moisés^b.

21 Y por aquel tiempo Josué fue y destruyó a los anaceos^a de la región montañosa, de Hebrón, de Debir, de Anab, de toda la región montañosa de Judá y de toda la región montañosa de Israel. Josué los destruyó por completo con sus ciudades. 22 No quedaron anaceos en la tierra de los hijos de Israel;solo quedaron algunos en Gaza, en Gat^a y en Asdod^b. 23 Tomó, pues, Josué toda la tierra de acuerdo con todo lo que el SEÑOR había dicho a Moisés. Y Josué la dio por heredad a Israel^a conforme a sus divisiones por sus tribus. Y la tierra descansó de la guerra^b.

Then it came about, when Jabin king of ^aHazor heard about it, that he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, 2 and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country, and in the ^aArabah—south of ¹Chinneroth and in the lowland, and on the ²heights of Dor on the west— 3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and ^athe Hivite ¹at the foot of ^bHermon in the land of ^cMizpeh. 4 Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, ^aas many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. 5 So all of these kings gathered together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6 Yet the LORD said to Joshua, “^aDo not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I am going to turn all of them over to Israel as good as dead; you shall ^bhamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” 7 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and attacked them. 8 And the LORD handed them over to Israel, so that they ¹defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon, and ^aMisrephoth-maim, and the Valley of ^bMizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them. 9 And Joshua did to them just as the LORD had told him; he ^ahamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

10 Then Joshua turned back at that time and captured ^aHazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor previously was the head of all these kingdoms. 11 ^aThey struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, ¹utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings; and he struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed them, just ^aas Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded. 13 However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned. 14 And ^aall the spoils of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every person with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They left no one breathing. 15 Just as the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

16 So Joshua took all that land: ^athe hill country and all the ¹Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, ^bthe Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowland 17 from ^aMount Halak, that rises toward Seir, even as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon ¹at the foot of Mount Hermon. And he captured ^ball their kings, and struck them and put them to death. 18 Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings. 19 There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except ^athe Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle. 20 ^aFor it was of the LORD to ¹harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might ^butterly destroy them, that they might ²receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

21 Then Joshua came at that time and eliminated ^athe Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, ^aGath, and ^bAshdod some remained. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, in accordance with everything that the LORD had spoken to Moses; and ^aJoshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. ^bSo the land was at rest from war.

Then it came about, when Jabin king of ^aHazor 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 of the north in the hill country, and in the ^aArabah—south of ¹Chinneroth and in the lowland and on the ²heights 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 ^athe Hivite ¹at the foot of ^bHermon in the land of ^cMizpeh. 4 They came out, they and all their armies with them, ^aas many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. 5 So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, “^aDo not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you shall ^bhamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” 7 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. 8 The LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, so that they ¹defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and ^aMisrephoth-maim and the valley of ^bMizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them. 9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he ^ahamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

10 Then Joshua turned back at that time, and captured ^aHazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms. 11 ^aThey struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, ¹utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. 12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; just ^aas Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded. 13 However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned. 14 ^aAll the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They left no one who breathed. 15 Just as the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

16 Thus Joshua took all that land: ^athe hill country and all the ¹Negev, all that land of Goshen, the lowland, ^bthe Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowland 17 from ^aMount Halak, that rises toward Seir, even as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon ¹at the foot of Mount Hermon. And he captured ^ball their kings and struck them down and put them to death. 18 Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings. 19 There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except ^athe Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle. 20 ^aFor it was of the LORD to ¹harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might ^butterly destroy them, that they might ²receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

21 Then Joshua came at that time and cut off ^athe 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 no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in ^aGath, and in ^bAshdod some remained. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and ^aJoshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. ^bThus the land had rest from war.