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Joshua 11

Joshua 11:19

Joshua Takes the Whole Land · Joshua 11:16–23
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Translations

Modern
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
Traditional
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Literal
There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel—except the Hivite dwellers of Gibeon—they took all in battle.
Latin
Non fuit civitas quæ se traderet filiis Israël, præter Hevæum, qui habitabat in Gabaon: omnes enim bellando cepit.

Original

Hebrew
English
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.

Notes

Joshua 11:19–20

The judgment on Canaan came from God, not Israel. God had shown mercy to the people of Canaan for many generations. However, God decided that "iniquity of the Amorites" now requires that they become set apart for destruction (Genesis 15:16). Therefore, he decided to harden their hearts (to make them stubborn and unwilling to change). God used Israel as the tool and agent of his judgment. In later centuries, God used other nations to judge Israel and Judah for their sins.

Joshua 7:1–12:24

This second major section of the book records Joshua's southern and northern campaigns against two coalitions of kings from Canaan. Joshua's victories allowed Israel to settle the hill country from Galilee in the north to the Negev in the south.

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua Hardened Hearts The Collapse of Culture

Events

People

Hivites: A Canaanite people group Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Places

Gibeon: Hivite city that tricked Joshua into a peace treaty

Glossary

Amorites Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gibeon, Gibeonites Gilgal Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Tribe of Dan

Topics

Hivites: Shechemites and Gibeonites Were Families of War of Extermination