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3 to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
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to 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.
4 They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore , with very many horses and chariots.
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They 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.
5 So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
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All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
6 Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."
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The 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.”
7 So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.
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So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them,
8 The LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, so that they defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them.
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and 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.
9 Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
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Joshua did to them as the LORD had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10 Then Joshua turned back at that time, and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms.
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At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.)
11 They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire.
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Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself.
12 Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.
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Joshua 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.
13 However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned.
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Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds—except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
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