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So Joshua
to o k
co n t ro l
of the
entire
land,
just as the
L ORD
had instructed
Moses.
Joshua 11:23
destroyed every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person
was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.
12 Joshua slaughtered all the other kings and their people, completely destroying them, just as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded. 13 But the Israelites did not burn any of the towns built on mounds except Hazor, which Joshua
burned. 14 And the Israelites took all the plunder and livestock of the ravaged
towns for themselves. But they killed all the people, leaving no survivors. 15 As the
Lord had commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua.
And Joshua did as he was told,
carefully obeying
all the commands
that the LORD had given to Moses.
16 So Joshua conquered the entire region—the hill country, the entire Negev, the
whole area around the town of Goshen, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley,
the mountains of Israel, and the Galilean foothills. 17 The Israelite territory now
extended all the way from Mount Halak, which leads up to Seir in the south, as far
north as Baal-gad at the foot of Mount Hermon in the valley of Lebanon. Joshua
killed all the kings of those territories, 18 waging war for a long time to accomplish
this. 19 No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of
Gibeon. All the others were defeated. 20 For the Lord hardened their hearts and
caused them to fight the Israelites. So they were completely destroyed without
mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
21 During this period Joshua destroyed all the descendants of Anak, who lived
in the hill country of Hebron, Debir, Anab, and the entire hill country of Judah
and Israel. He killed them all and completely destroyed their towns. 22 None of the
descendants of Anak were left in all the land of Israel, though some still remained
in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod.
23 So Joshua took control of the entire land, just as the Lord had instructed
Moses.
He gave it to the people
of Israel
as their special possession,
dividing the land among the tribes.
So the land finally had rest from war.
Kings Defeated East of the Jordan
These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed by the
Israelites and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the
Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.
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