Joshua · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Joshua 11 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And when Jabin the king of Hazor heard, he 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 who were by the great Sidon, to the hill country and to Arabah opposite Chinneroth, and to the plain, and to Naphoth-dor,
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 coast eastward, and to the Amorites on the coast, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the mountain, and the Hivites, and those dwelling under [Mount] Hermon in the land 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 and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.
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 the kings assembled in person, and came to the same place, and encamped at the waters of Merom to war with 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, Be not afraid of them, for tomorrow [at] this time I will put them to flight before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots 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 And Joshua and all the men of war came upon them at the water of Merom suddenly; and they attacked them in the hill country.
7 So Joshua came suddenly, with all the warriors, against them by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.
8 And the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel; and they smote them and pursued them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth, and to the plains of Mizpeh eastward; and they destroyed them till there was not one of them left that survived.
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 commanded him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
9 Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
10 And Joshua returned at that time, and took Hazor and her king; now Hazor in former time was the chief of these 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 slew with the sword all that breathed in it, and utterly destroyed them all, and there was no living thing left in it; and they burned Hazor with fire.
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 Joshua took all the cities of the kingdoms, and their kings, and slew them with the edge of the sword; and utterly slew them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
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 all the walled cities Israel burned not; but Israel burned Hazor only.
13 But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, except Hazor only. Joshua burned that.
14 And the children of Israel took all its spoils to themselves; and they slew all the men with the edge of the sword, until he destroyed them; they left not one of them breathing.
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 commanded his servant Moses, even so Moses commanded Joshua; and so Joshua did, he transgressed no precept of all that Moses commanded him.
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 And Joshua took all the hill country, and all the land of Negeb, and all the land of Goshen, and the plain country, and that toward the west, and the mountain of Israel and the low country by the mountain;
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 the mountain of Halak, and that which goes up to Seir, and as far as Baal-gad, and the plains of Lebanon, under Mount Hermon; and he took all their kings, and destroyed, and slew them.
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 And for many days Joshua waged war with these kings.
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
19 And there was no city which Israel took not; they took 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 it was of the Lord to harden their hearts to go forth to war against Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that mercy should not be granted to them, but that they should be utterly destroyed, as the Lord said 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 utterly destroyed the Anakim out of the hill country, from Hebron and from Debir, and from Anab, and from all the race of Israel, and from all the mountain of Judah with their cities; and Joshua utterly destroyed them.
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 was not [anyone] left of the Anakim by the children of Israel, only there was left of them in Gaza, and in Gath, and in Ashdod.
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 And Joshua took all the land, as the Lord commanded Moses; and Joshua gave them for an inheritance to Israel by division according to their tribes; and the land ceased 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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