1When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, (Jos 10:3)2and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west, (Nu 34:11; De 1:1; Jos 3:16; Jos 12:3; Jos 12:23; Jos 13:27; Jos 17:11; Jos 19:35; Jud 1:27)3to the Canaanites in the east and the west, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. (Ge 31:49; De 3:8; Jos 11:8; Jos 15:63; Jud 3:3)4And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. (Ge 22:17; Ge 32:12; Jud 7:12; 1Sa 13:5)5And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.6And the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” (Ge 49:6; De 20:1; Jos 10:8; Jos 11:9; Jos 17:16; Jud 1:19; Jud 4:3; 2Sa 8:4; 1Ch 18:4)7So Joshua and all his warriors came suddenly against them by the waters of Merom and fell upon them. (Jos 10:9)8And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who struck them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. And they struck them until he left none remaining. (Jos 11:3; Jos 13:6; Jos 19:28)9And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. (Jos 11:6)10And Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms. (Jud 4:2)11And they struck with the sword all who were in it, devoting them to destruction;[1] there was none left that breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. (Jos 10:40)12And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. (De 20:16)13But none of the cities that stood on mounds did Israel burn, except Hazor alone; that Joshua burned.14And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the people of Israel took for their plunder. But every person they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed.15Just 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. (Ex 34:11; De 7:2; Jos 1:7)16So Joshua took all that land, the hill country and all the Negeb and all the land of Goshen and the lowland and the Arabah and the hill country of Israel and its lowland (Jos 10:41; Jos 11:2; Jos 11:21; Jos 12:8; Jos 15:51)17from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. And he captured all their kings and struck them and put them to death. (De 7:24; Jos 11:3; Jos 12:7; Jos 13:5)18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. (Jos 14:7; Jos 14:10)19There was not a city that made peace with the people of Israel except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took them all in battle. (Jos 9:3; Jos 9:7)20For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the Lord commanded Moses. (Ex 4:21; De 20:16)21And 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 devoted them to destruction with their cities. (Nu 13:22; De 1:28; Jos 15:13)22There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the people of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod did some remain. (1Sa 17:4)23So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war. (Nu 26:52; Nu 34:2; Jos 12:7; Jos 18:10)
1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph,2and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west;3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah.4They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots – a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.5All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.6The Lord said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.’7So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,8and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left.9Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.10At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.)11Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed[1] them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself.12Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.13Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds – except Hazor, which Joshua burned.14The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed.15As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.16So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills,17from Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death.18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.19Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle.20For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.21At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns.22No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.
1Când a auzit cele întâmplate, Iabin, regele Hațorului, a trimis mesageri la Iobab, regele Madonului, la regele Șimronului, la regele Acșafului,2la regii din regiunea de nord, la munte, în Araba[1], la sud de Chineret[2] și în zona deluroasă[3], la Nafot‑Dor[4], în apus, (Jos 8:14; Jos 9:1)3precum și la canaaniții din partea de răsărit și de apus, la amoriți, la hitiți, la periziți, la iebusiții din munte și la hiviții de la poalele Hermonului, în regiunea Mițpa.4Aceștia au ieșit cu toate oștirile lor, alcătuind o mulțime foarte numeroasă, ca nisipul de pe țărmul mării și având un mare număr de cai și care de luptă.5Toți acești regi au hotărât un loc de întâlnire. Ei au venit și și‑au așezat tabăra la apele Meromului, ca să se lupte cu Israel.6DOMNUL i‑a zis lui Iosua: „Nu te teme de ei, căci mâine, pe vremea aceasta, îi voi da pe toți la moarte înaintea lui Israel. Cailor să le tai tendoanele, iar carelor de luptă să le dai foc.“7Iosua împreună cu tot poporul pregătit de război au venit pe neașteptate împotriva lor, lângă apele Meromului și s‑au năpustit asupra lor.8DOMNUL i‑a dat în mâna lui Israel, care i‑a lovit și i‑a urmărit până la Sidonul cel Mare, până la Misrefot-Maim și până în valea Mițpa, în răsărit. I‑a lovit până nu a mai rămas niciun supraviețuitor.9Iosua a făcut așa cum îi poruncise DOMNUL: a tăiat tendoanele cailor și a ars carele de luptă.10După aceea, Iosua s‑a întors și a cucerit Hațorul, omorându‑i regele cu sabia. Odinioară Hațorul era capitala tuturor acestor regate[5]. (Jos 10:42)11Au dat spre nimicire[6] orice om care era în el, trecându‑l prin ascuțișul sabiei. N‑a rămas nimic din ce avea suflare. Apoi a dat foc Hațorului. (Jos 2:10)12Iosua a cucerit toate cetățile acestor regi și pe toți regii lor odată cu ele, și le‑a trecut prin ascuțișul sabiei, dându‑le spre nimicire, așa cum poruncise Moise, robul DOMNULUI.13Totuși, Israel n‑a ars niciuna din cetățile așezate pe coline, în afară de Hațor, care a fost ars de către Iosua.14Fiii lui Israel au luat ca pradă toate lucrurile de valoare din acele cetăți, precum și toate animalele. Ei au nimicit însă întreaga populație, trecând‑o prin ascuțișul sabiei, și nu au lăsat pe nimeni în viață.15Iosua a făcut așa cum DOMNUL îi poruncise lui Moise, robul Său, și așa cum îi poruncise Moise lui Iosua. El nu a lăsat nimic neîmplinit din ceea ce DOMNUL îi poruncise lui Moise.
Teritoriul controlat de Israel
16Iosua a luat astfel toată țara aceasta: muntele, tot Neghevul[7], toată țara Goșen[8], zona deluroasă[9], Araba și muntele lui Israel cu văile lui, (Jos 9:1; Jos 10:40; Jos 10:41)17de la muntele Halak, care se înalță către Seir, până la Baal‑Gad, în Valea Libanului, la poalele muntelui Hermon. I‑a prins pe toți regii acestor ținuturi, i‑a lovit și i‑a omorât.18Războiul purtat de Iosua împotriva tuturor acestor regi a ținut multă vreme.19Nu a existat nicio cetate care să fi încheiat pace cu fiii lui Israel, în afară de hiviții care locuiau în Ghivon. Toate celelalte cetăți au fost luate prin luptă.20Căci împietrirea inimii lor a fost de la DOMNUL, astfel încât să‑l înfrunte pe Israel în luptă, ca să fie dați spre nimicire și să nu li se arate milă, ci să fie distruși, așa cum DOMNUL i‑a poruncit lui Moise.21Tot atunci Iosua i‑a atacat și i‑a distrus și pe anachiții[10] din munți: din Hebron, din Debir, din Anab, din tot muntele lui Iuda și din tot muntele lui Israel, dându‑i spre nimicire împreună cu cetățile lor. (Nu 13:33)22N‑a rămas niciun anachit în țara fiilor lui Israel, în afară de cei care au rămas în Gaza, Gat și Așdod.23Astfel, Iosua a cucerit întreaga țară, potrivit cu tot ceea ce DOMNUL îi spusese lui Moise. Și Iosua a dat‑o drept moștenire lui Israel, potrivit cu părțile alocate fiecăruia, după semințiile lor. Apoi țara s‑a odihnit de război.