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Joshua 11

Joshua 11:9

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

Modern
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Traditional
And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Literal
And Joshua did to them as YHWH had told him; their horses he hamstrung and their chariots he burned with the fire.
Latin
…fecitque sicut præceperat ei Dominus: equos eorum subnervavit, currusque combussit igni.

Original

Hebrew
English
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.

Notes

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

Glossary

Conquest and Allotment of the Land Gilgal Hazor Jabin Joshua (Person) Joshua, Book of Judges, Book of Tribe of Dan

Topics

Canaanites: Defeated by the Israelites Chariots: The Jews Condemned For: Taken in War, often Destroyed Horse: Hamstrung by Joshua Houghing of Horses Jabin: Names of Two Kings of Hazor