Joshua 11:9

9 Y'hoshua did to them what ADONAI had ordered - he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

Joshua 11:9 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him
Namely, in the following instances:

he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire;
not consulting his own worldly interest or that of the people of Israel, but the command of God, which he carefully obeyed, and reserved none for himself or them, as David in another case afterwards did; see ( 2 Samuel 8:4 ) .

Joshua 11:9 In-Context

7 So Y'hoshua came against them suddenly with all his fighting men and fell on them at the Merom Spring.

8 ADONAI handed them over to Isra'el - they attacked and chased them to Greater Tzidon, Misrefot-Mayim and eastward to the Mitzpeh Valley; they attacked them until none of them was left.

9 Y'hoshua did to them what ADONAI had ordered - he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

10 Then Y'hoshua turned back and captured Hatzor, striking its king dead with the sword; for in time past Hatzor had been the head of all those kingdoms.

11 They put everyone there to death with the sword, completely destroying them; there was nothing left that breathed; and he burned Hatzor to the ground.