Joshua · Bible in Basic English
Joshua 11 Bible in Basic English
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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,
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 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,
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 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.
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 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.
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 And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.
5 All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with 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.
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 and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.
7 So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked 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.
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 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.
9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots 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.
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 And they put every person in it to death without mercy, giving every living thing up to the curse, and burning Hazor.
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 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.
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 As for the towns made on hills of earth, not one was burned by Israel but Hazor, which was burned by Joshua.
13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
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.
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 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.
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 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;
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, 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.
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 For a long time Joshua made war on all those kings.
18 Joshua made war a long time with 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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Jabin
King of Hazor who called the northern kings to join forces at the waters of Merom against Israel, where Joshua defeated them and burned Hazor; Scripture does not say whether he is…
Cited in the guide: Joshua 11:1
Jobab
King of Madon whom Jabin of Hazor summoned to the northern coalition that Joshua defeated at the waters of Merom.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 11:1
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joshua 11:10; Isaiah 43:5–7; Psalm 2:1–4; Joshua 10:3–4; Judges 4:2
- 2 Judges 1:27; Joshua 12:3; Joshua 17:11; Numbers 34:11; Joshua 12:23
- 3 Judges 3:3; Genesis 31:49; Joshua 18:26; Joshua 15:63; Joshua 13:11
- 4 Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 13:5; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 32:12; 2 Samuel 17:11
- 5 Psalm 118:10–12; Psalm 3:1; Isaiah 8:9; Revelation 16:14
- 6 Joshua 10:8; 2 Samuel 8:4; Joshua 11:9; Judges 20:28; 1 Samuel 11:9
- 7 Joshua 10:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–3
- 8 Joshua 13:6; Joshua 19:28; Zechariah 9:2; Genesis 10:15; Joshua 21:44
- 9 Joshua 11:6; Ezekiel 39:9–10
- 10 Joshua 11:1; Judges 4:2
- 11 Joshua 10:40; Deuteronomy 20:16
- 12 Deuteronomy 20:16–17; Deuteronomy 7:2; Numbers 33:50–53; Joshua 10:39–40; Joshua 10:28
- 13 Jeremiah 30:18
- 14 Numbers 31:9; Deuteronomy 20:14; Joshua 8:27; Joshua 10:40; Numbers 31:11–12
- 15 Exodus 34:11–13; Joshua 1:7; Deuteronomy 7:2; Acts 20:20; Deuteronomy 12:32
- 16 Joshua 10:41; Joshua 11:21; Joshua 12:8; Ezekiel 36:8; Joshua 11:2
- 17 Deuteronomy 7:24; Joshua 11:3; Joshua 13:5; Deuteronomy 33:2; Deuteronomy 2:1
- 18 Joshua 11:23; Joshua 14:7–10
- 19 Joshua 9:3–27
- 20 Romans 9:18; Deuteronomy 20:16–17; Exodus 4:21; Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 2:30
- 21 Deuteronomy 9:2; Deuteronomy 1:28; Numbers 13:22–23; Joshua 15:13–14; Revelation 6:2
- 22 1 Samuel 17:4; Joshua 15:46; 1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 21:16–22
- 23 Joshua 21:44–45; Numbers 26:52–55; Psalm 46:9; Joshua 14:1–15; Exodus 23:27–31
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