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Joshua 11

Joshua 11:7

Conquest of the Northern Cities · Joshua 11:1–15
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Translations

Modern
So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,
Traditional
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
Literal
And Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them.
Latin
Venitque Josue, et omnis exercitus cum eo, adversus illos ad aquas Merom subito, et irruerunt super eos,

Original

Hebrew
English
So by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them,

Notes

Joshua 11:7

Joshua … came upon: Jabin might have planned to move from Merom in Upper Galilee to meet Israel on a better battlefield when all his forces were ready. However, Joshua attacked suddenly before Jabin could choose the battlefield.

Joshua 11:1–16

The detailed accounts of Joshua’s campaign in southern Canaan show that the Israelites needed God's help to succeed (chapters 6–10). The same was true for the northern campaign (chapter 11). So those details were not needed here.

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

Events

People

Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Places

Merom: A place where Joshua defeated Jabin's coalition

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gilgal Hazor Jabin Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Mizpeh Mount Hermon Tribe of Dan Waters of Merom

Topics

Armies: March in Ranks: The Confederated Kings Canaanites: Defeated by the Israelites Jabin: Names of Two Kings of Hazor Merom: Joshua Conquered the Confederacy of Kings Under Jabin, King of Hazor, Near Protection: Not to be Found in Hosts