1Es geschah aber, als Jabin, der König von Hazor, dies hörte, da sandte er Botschaft zu Jobab, dem König von Madon, und zu dem König von Simron und zu dem König von Achschaph (Jos 11,10; Jos 12,20; Jos 19,15; Jos 19,36; Ri 4,2; 1Kön 9,15; 2Kön 15,29)2und zu den Königen, die gegen Norden, im Bergland und in der Arava südlich vom [See] Genezareth und in der Schephela und im Hügelland von Dor gegen Westen wohnten, (4Mo 34,11; Jos 12,23; Jos 19,35; Ri 1,27; 1Kön 4,11)3und zu den Kanaanitern gegen Osten und gegen Westen, zu den Amoritern, den Hetitern, den Pheresitern und den Jebusitern im Bergland und zu den Hewitern am Fuß des Hermon im Land Mizpa. (4Mo 13,29; 5Mo 3,8; Jos 11,8; Jos 12,5; Jos 13,5; Jos 13,11; Ri 3,3)4Und diese zogen aus mit allen ihren Heeren, ein großes Volk, so zahlreich wie der Sand, der am Ufer des Meeres ist, mit sehr vielen Rossen und Streitwagen. (Ri 7,12; 1Sam 13,5; 2Kön 6,15; 2Chr 32,7; Ps 20,8)5Alle diese Könige trafen zusammen und kamen und lagerten sich miteinander am Wasser Merom, um mit Israel zu kämpfen. (5Mo 2,32; Ps 48,5)6Und der HERR sprach zu Josua: Fürchte dich nicht vor ihnen, denn morgen um diese Zeit gebe ich sie alle erschlagen vor Israel dahin! Ihre Rosse sollst du lähmen und ihre Streitwagen mit Feuer verbrennen! (Jos 10,8; 2Sam 8,4; Ps 33,16; Ps 46,10; Hes 39,9)7Und Josua und das ganze Kriegsvolk mit ihm kam plötzlich über sie am Wasser Merom und fiel über sie her; (Jos 10,9; 1Thess 5,3)8und der HERR gab sie in die Hand Israels; und sie schlugen sie und jagten sie bis zu der großen [Stadt] Zidon und bis Misrephot-Majim und bis zum Tal Mizpe, gegen Osten; und sie schlugen sie, bis von ihnen nicht einer übrig blieb, der entkommen wäre. (1Mo 10,19; 5Mo 9,3; Jos 13,6; Jos 19,28; Jos 21,44)9Da machte es Josua mit ihnen, wie es der HERR ihm gesagt hatte: Ihre Rosse lähmte er, und ihre Streitwagen verbrannte er mit Feuer. (Jos 11,6; Hes 39,9)10Und Josua kehrte um zu jener Zeit und eroberte Hazor und schlug seinen König mit dem Schwert; denn Hazor war zuvor das mächtigste von allen diesen Königreichen; (Jos 11,1; Ri 4,2)11und sie schlugen alle Leute, die darin waren, mit der Schärfe des Schwertes, und vollstreckten den Bann an ihnen, sodass nichts übrig blieb, was Odem hatte; und er verbrannte Hazor mit Feuer. (Jos 6,21; Jos 6,24; Jos 10,40)12Und Josua eroberte alle Städte dieser Könige samt allen ihren Königen und schlug sie mit der Schärfe des Schwertes und vollstreckte den Bann an ihnen — wie es Mose, der Knecht des HERRN, geboten hatte. (5Mo 7,2; 5Mo 7,16; 5Mo 20,16)13Aber Israel verbrannte keine der Städte, die auf ihrem Hügel standen; ausgenommen Hazor, das allein verbrannte Josua. (Jos 24,13; Neh 9,25)14Und die Söhne Israels teilten unter sich alle Beute dieser Städte und das Vieh; aber alle Menschen schlugen sie mit der Schärfe des Schwertes, bis sie dieselben vertilgt hatten, sodass nichts übrig blieb, was Odem hatte. (5Mo 2,34; 5Mo 3,6)15Wie der HERR seinem Knecht Mose geboten hatte, so hatte Mose dem Josua Anweisung gegeben, und genau so tat es Josua; er ließ nichts ungetan von all dem, was der HERR dem Mose geboten hatte. (4Mo 33,50; 5Mo 31,3)16So nahm Josua dieses ganze Land ein: das Bergland und den ganzen Negev und das ganze Land Gosen und die Schephela und die Arava und das Bergland Israels mit seinen Tälern; (Jos 10,41; Hes 36,1; Hes 36,8)17von dem kahlen Gebirge an, das sich gegen Seir erhebt, bis nach Baal-Gad im Tal des Libanon, am Fuß des Berges Hermon. Und alle ihre Könige nahm er gefangen und schlug sie und tötete sie. (1Mo 27,39; 5Mo 7,24; Jos 11,3; Jos 12,1; Jos 12,7; Jos 24,4)18Lange Zeit führte Josua Krieg mit allen diesen Königen. (Jos 11,23; Jos 14,7)19Und es gab keine Stadt, die sich den Söhnen Israels friedlich ergab, ausgenommen die Hewiter, die in Gibeon wohnten; sie nahmen dieselben alle im Kampf ein. (Jos 9,3; Jos 9,15)20Denn es geschah von dem HERRN, dass ihr Herz verstockt wurde, sodass sie mit den Söhnen Israels kämpften, damit an ihnen der Bann vollstreckt würde und ihnen keine Gnade zuteil würde, sondern dass sie vertilgt würden — so wie der HERR es Mose geboten hatte. (2Mo 10,20; 2Mo 10,27; 2Mo 11,10; 5Mo 2,30; Ri 14,4; 1Sam 2,25; 1Kön 12,15; Jes 28,29; Röm 9,17)21Und Josua kam zu jener Zeit und rottete die Enakiter aus von dem Bergland, von Hebron, von Debir, von Anab, von dem ganzen Bergland Judas und dem ganzen Bergland Israels; und Josua vollstreckte den Bann an ihnen samt ihren Städten. (4Mo 13,22; 5Mo 9,2; Jos 10,35; Jos 10,38; Jos 15,13; Jos 15,50)22Und er ließ keinen Enakiter übrig bleiben im Land der Söhne Israels, außer in Gaza, in Gat und in Asdod; dort blieb ein Rest übrig. (Jos 15,46; 1Sam 5,1; 1Sam 17,4; 2Sam 21,16)23So nahm Josua das ganze Land ein, genau so, wie der HERR zu Mose geredet hatte; und Josua gab es Israel zum Erbe, jedem Stamm seinen Teil; und das Land ruhte aus vom Krieg. (4Mo 26,53; 4Mo 34,2; 5Mo 12,10; Jos 1,13; Jos 14,1; Hi 34,29; Hebr 4,10; Offb 14,13)
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, (4Mo 34,11; 5Mo 1,1; Jos 3,16; Jos 12,3; Jos 12,23; Jos 13,27; Jos 17,11; Jos 19,35; Ri 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. (1Mo 31,49; 5Mo 3,8; Jos 11,8; Jos 15,63; Ri 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. (1Mo 22,17; 1Mo 32,12; Ri 7,12; 1Sam 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.” (1Mo 49,6; 5Mo 20,1; Jos 10,8; Jos 11,9; Jos 17,16; Ri 1,19; Ri 4,3; 2Sam 8,4; 1Chr 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. (Ri 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. (5Mo 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. (2Mo 34,11; 5Mo 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. (5Mo 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. (2Mo 4,21; 5Mo 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. (4Mo 13,22; 5Mo 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. (1Sam 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. (4Mo 26,52; 4Mo 34,2; Jos 12,7; Jos 18,10)
1Jabin was the king of Hazor. He heard about the battles Israel had won. So he sent a message to Jobab. Jobab was the king of Madon. Jabin sent the same message to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph.2He also sent it to many other kings. Some ruled in the mountains in the north. Some ruled in the Arabah Valley south of Kinnereth. Others ruled in the western hills. Still others ruled in Naphoth Dor in the west.3Jabin sent the same message to the people of east Canaan and west Canaan. He sent it to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites. They lived in the central hill country. He also sent it to the Hivites who lived below Mount Hermon in the area of Mizpah.4Those kings marched out with all their troops. They had a large number of horses and chariots. It was a huge army. The fighting men were as many as the grains of sand on the seashore.5All those kings gathered their armies together to fight against Israel. They set up camp together at the Waters of Merom.6The LORD said to Joshua, ‘Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel. All of them will be killed. You must cut the legs of their horses. You must burn their chariots.’7So Joshua and his whole army attacked them suddenly. They fought against them at the Waters of Merom.8The LORD handed them over to Israel. The Israelites won the battle over them. They hunted them down all the way to Greater Sidon. They chased them to Misrephoth Maim. They chased them to the Valley of Mizpah in the east. Not one of them was left alive.9Joshua did to them what the LORD had ordered him to do. He cut the legs of their horses. He burned up their chariots.10At that time Joshua turned back. He captured Hazor. He killed its king with his sword. Hazor was the most important city in all those kingdoms.11The army of Israel killed everyone in Hazor with their swords. Its people had been set apart to the LORD to be destroyed. Israel’s army didn’t spare anyone who breathed. Then Joshua burned down the city.12Joshua captured all those royal cities and their kings. He and his men killed everyone in those cities with their swords. He totally destroyed them. He did just as Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded.13Many cities were built on top of earlier cities that had been destroyed. Israel didn’t burn any of those except Hazor. Joshua burned it down.14The army of Israel kept for themselves the livestock and everything else they took from those cities. But they killed all the people with their swords. They completely destroyed them. They didn’t spare anyone who breathed.15The LORD had commanded his servant Moses to do all these things. Moses had passed that command on to Joshua. And Joshua carried it out. He did everything the LORD had commanded Moses.16So Joshua captured the whole land. He took over the central hill country and the whole Negev Desert. He took over the whole area of Goshen. He took over the western hills. He took over the Arabah Valley. He took over the mountains of Israel and the hills around them.17He took over the area that begins at Mount Halak, which rises towards Seir. The area ends at Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. Joshua captured the kings who ruled over that whole land. He put them to death.18He fought battles against all those kings for a long time.19Only the Hivites who lived in Gibeon made a peace treaty with the Israelites. No other city made a treaty with them. So Israel captured all those cities in battle.20The LORD himself made their people stubborn. He made them go to war against Israel so he could totally destroy them. He wanted to wipe them out. He didn’t show them any mercy. The LORD had commanded Moses to destroy the Canaanites.21At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites. They lived all through the hill country of Judah and Israel. They lived in Hebron, Debir and Anab. Joshua totally destroyed the Anakites and their towns.22There weren’t any Anakites left alive in Israel’s territory. But a few were left alive in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod.23So Joshua captured the whole land, just as the LORD had instructed Moses. Joshua gave the land to Israel as their very own. He divided it up and gave each tribe its share. Then the land had peace and rest.