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and to the kings that
were on the north of the mountains and in the plain southward of Chinneroth and in the valley and in the borders of Dor to the west
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and to the Canaanite on the east and on the west and
to the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the mountains and
to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
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And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, many people even as the sand that
is upon the sea shore in multitude, with a great multitude of horses and chariots.
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All these kings united, and as they came they gathered together the camps near the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.
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But the LORD said unto Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this hour I will deliver them up all slain before Israel; thou shalt hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.
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So Joshua came against them with all the people of war and fell upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom.
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And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them and chased them unto great Zidon and unto the hot springs and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them no one remaining.
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And Joshua did unto them as the LORD had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.
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And Joshua at that time returned and took Hazor and smote the king thereof with the sword because Hazor had been the head of all those kingdoms before.
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And they smote all the souls that
were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying
them; there was not any left to breathe; and he burnt Hazor with fire.
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Likewise, Joshua took all the cities of those kings and all their kings and smote them with the edge of the sword,
and he utterly destroyed them as Moses the slave of the LORD had commanded him.