Joshua smiteth JOSHUA. divers other kings. Before 30 And the LORD delivered it also, CHAPTER XI. CHRIST and the king thereof, into the hand 1 Divers kings overcome at the waters of 1451. of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. 31 And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: 32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34 And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. 36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: 37 And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but dest it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. 38 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to fDebir; and fought against it: 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. 40 So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel & commanded. 41 And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, iand all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, k because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. 43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the country taken by Joshua. 21 The Anakim cut off. Before CHRIS T 1450. Ach, 10.3. beh. 19. 15. A king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king b of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, Num.34.11. and in the valley, and in the borders d of Dor on the west, dch. 17. 11. Judg. 1. 27. 1 Kin. 4. 11. 3 And to the Canaanite on the cast 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 f Ilermon e Judg. 3. 3. fch. 13. 11. g Gen. 31. 49. gin the land of Mizpeh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, heven as the sand that is upon the hGen 22.17.& sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. 5 And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 32. 12. Judg 7. 12. 1 Sam. 13 5. Heb assembled by a pointment. 6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, i Be not afraid because of them: ich. 10. 8, for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt k hough their horses, k2 Sam. 8. 4. and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. rabbah. Ich. 13. 6. 8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto || great Or, ZidonZidon, and unto 1|| † Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Joshua did unto themas the LORD bade him he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not fany left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD Commanded. 13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. 14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Is Or, Salt pits. + Heb. Bura ings of wa tera m ver. 6. + Heb. any breath. n Num 33.52. Deut. 7. 2. & 20. 16, 17, ↑ Heb. on their heap, tch. 12. 7. Or. the smooth mountain. u Deut. 7. 241. ch 12.7. Till 1445. ver. 23. x ch. 9. 3, 7. y Deut. 2. 30. Judg 14.4. 1 Kiu 12.15. Rom. 9. 18. z Deut 20 16, 17. a Num 1322, 33. Deut 1. 28. ch. 15. 13,14. 1 Sam. 17.4. cch. 15.46 d Num 34. 2, & c. 15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and 9 so did Joshua; the left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 17. Even from the mount Halak, that gocth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and "all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18 || Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. 19 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. 20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. 21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of IsNum. 26.53. rael: only in Gaza, in b Gath, and ch 14. & 15. & 16, & 17. & 18. & 19. fch. 14. 15. & 21. 44 & 22 4. & 23. 1. 1445. ver, 18. 1452. a Num. 21.24. b Deut. 3. 8.9. c Num. 21.24. Deut. 2. 33, 36. & 3. 6, 16, in Ashdod, there remained. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, d according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, "from the river Arnon bunto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: 2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; even 1452. 3 And dfrom the plain to the sea of Before Chinneroth on the east, and unto CHRIST the sea of the plain, the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from || the south, under || fAshdoth-pisgah: d Deut. 3 17. ech, 13. 20. Or, Teman. Or. The epringe of The hill. 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, ithat dwelt at Ashta- Pisgah, or, roth and at Edrei, f Deut. 3. 17. & 4. 49 g Num. 21.35. Deut. 3 4,10. 5 And reigned in k mount Hermon, land in Salcah, and in all Bashan, munto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gil-Deut. 3. 11. ead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. ch. 13. 12. i Deut. 1. 4. 6 Them did Moses the servant of k Deut. 3. 8. the LORD and the children of Israel smite and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. 71 And these are the kings of the country Pwhich Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to 9 Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Ilittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: 9"The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one; 1 Deut. 3. 10. ch. 13. 11. m Deut. 3. 14. n Num. 21.24, 33, o Num. 32.29, 33. Dent, 3. 11, 12. ch. 13. 8. peh. 11. 17. q Gen. 14. 6. & 32. 3. Deut. 2. 1, 4, rch. 11. 23. sch. 10, 40, & 11. 16. t Ex. 3. 8. & 23. 23. ch. 9. 1. 1451. uch. 6. 2, x ch, 8. 29. 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; ych. 10. 23. the king of Hebron, one; 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 The king of Eglon, one; "the king of Gezer, one; 13 The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; 14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; zeh. 10. 33. ach. 10,38. 15 The king of Libnah, one; the bch. 10. 29. king ng of Adullam, one; 16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one; 17 The king of Tappuah, one; king of Hepher, one; 18 The king of Aphek, one; king of || Lasharon, one; 19 The king of Madon, one; king of Hazor, one; the the the 20 The king of & Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; 22 The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; 23 The king of Dor in the i coast of Dor, one; the king of k the nations of Gilgal, one; 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. cch. 10 28. dch. 8. 17. Judg. 1. 22. el Kin. 4, 10. Or, Sharon, 18. 33.9. fch. 11. 19. 1450. gch. 11. 1. & 19. 15. hch. 19.37. ich. 11. 2. k Gen 14.1.2. Is. 9. 1. The inheritance of the Before CHRIST 1445. a See ch. 11. 10. & 23. 1. + Heb. to possess it, 31. 3. b Judg. 3. 1. c Joel 3. 4. d ver. 13. 2 Sam. 3. 3. & 13. 37, 38. eJer. 2. 18. fJudg. 3, 3. 1 Sam. 6. 4, 16. Zeph. 2. 5. g Deut. 2. 23. Or, The cave. heh. 19.30. i See Judg. 1. 34. k l Kin. 5. 18. Ps. 83. 7. Ez. 27. 9. 1ch, 12. 7, m ch. 11. 8. n See ch. 23. 13. Judg. 2. 21, 23. o ch. 11. 1, 2. CHAPTER XIII. JOSHUA. 1 The bounds of the land not yet con- two tribes and half. urites and the Maachathites dwell 151 And Moses gave unto the tribe NOM TOW Joshua a was old and strick-according to their families. en in years; and the LORD şaid unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land i to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remain- 3 From Sihor, which is before 4 From the south, all the land of 5 And the land of the Giblites, 6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. 7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and P.Num. 32.33. heritance, P which Moses gave them, ch. 22. 4. q ver. 16. Num. 21.20. Num, 21.24. 25. sch. 12, 5. Deut. 3. 11. ch. 12. 4. Num.21.21. 9 From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; 10 And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; 11 And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; 12 All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: "for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. Before CHRIST 1445. y Num. 18.20, z ver. 33. 16 And their coast was a from Aroer, ach. 12. 2. 17 Heshbon, and all her cities that 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, b Num.21.28. c Num. 21.30. ver. 9. Or, The high places of Baal, and house of Baal-meon: See Num. 32, 38. Num. 21.23. e Num. 32.37. f Num. 32. 38. g Deut. 3. 17. ch. 12. 3. of Pisgah. or. The hill. 20 And Beth-peor, and 8 || Ashdoth- 22 11 Balaam also the son of Beor, 24 And Moses gave inheritance unto h Deut. 3. 10. i Num. 21.21. k Num. 31.8. 1 Num. 22. 5. & 31. 8. Or, diviner. m Num. 32. 35. 25m And their coast was Jazer, and 26 And from Heshbon unto Ra- 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, 29 And Moses gave inheritance Num. 21 26, 28, 29, with Deut. 2. 19. & Judg. 11. 13, 15, &c. 2 Sam. 11.1. & 12. 26, pNum. 32.36. 1 Gen. 33. 17. 46. r Num. 34.11. 35. x ver. 11. 13 Nevertheless the children of Is- 30 And their coast was from Ma- & Num. 32.41. 1 Chr. 2. 23, tch. 12. 4. 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the ilies. u Num.32.39, children of Machir by their fam 40. b Num.26 55. & 33. 54. & 34. 13. cch. 13.8, 32, 33. d Gen. 48. 5. 1 Chr. 5.1,2. e Num. 35. 2. ch. 21.2, f Num. 32.12. ch. 15. 17. 30. g Num. 11.24, Deut. 1. 36, 38. 1 Nnın 13.26. & 14. 6. Borders of the lot of Judah. Moses, while the children of Israel Before † wandered in the wilderness: and CHRIST 1444. now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. + Heb, walked. pSee Deut. 34.7. q Deut. 31. 2. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both 9 to go out, and to come in. 12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will Ps. 18 32.34. be with me, then 'I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephun- uch. 22. 6. neh Hebron for an inheritance. 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Je phunneh the Kenezite unto this day; because that he "wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. 15 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. CHAPTER XV. 2 b By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD Commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for 1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 the half tribe. 3 For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and a half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. 4 Ford the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. 5° As the LORD Commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. 6 Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the f Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee hin Kadeshbarnea. 7 Forty years old was I when Moses i Num. 13. 6. the servant of the LORD isent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. k Num. 13.31, : 2. Deut. 1. 28. I Num. 14. 21. Deut. 1.36. m Num. 14. 23, 24. Deut. 1. 36. ch. 1. 3. n See Num. 13. 22. 8 Nevertheless k my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly I followed the LORD my God. 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, TM Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. 10 And now, behold, the LORD • Num. 14.30. hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Caleb's portion and conquest. 16 Othniel, for his valour, hath Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to wife. 18 She obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The cities of Judah. 63 The Jebusites not conquered. THIS then was the lot of the tribe the children of Judah by their families; "even to the border of a Num. 34. 3. Edom the b wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. 2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the † bay that looketh southward: C 3 And it went out to the south side to || Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: 4 From thence it passed dtoward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. 5 And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: † Heb. tongus, e Num. 34.4. Or, The going up to Acrabbim. d Num. 34. 5. 6 And the border went up to Beth- och. 18. 19. hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of fch. 18. 17. Reuben: 7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, gch. 7. 26. and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south Caleb's portion and conquest. JOSHUA. mch. 18. 15. n1 Chr. 13. 6. o Judg. 18. 12. p Gen. 38. 13. Judg. 14. 1. qch, 19. 43. rver. 47. Num. 31. 6, 7. sch. 14, 13. t ch. 14. 15 Or, Kirjath-arba. u Judg. 1. 10, 20. Num. 13.22. y ch. 10. 38. 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn D to Baalah, which is "Kirjath-jearim: 10 And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: 11 And the border went out unto the side of " Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel: and the goings out of the border were at the 13 And unto Caleb the son of 14 And Caleb drove thence "the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to Judg. 1. 11. the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. Judg. 1. 12. a Judg. 1. 13. & 3. 9. 16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he Num. 32.12. gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. ch. 14. 6. c Judg. 1. 14. d Seo Gen. 24. 61, 1 Sam. 25.23. 18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and dishe lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? 19 Who answered, Give me a Gen. 23. 11. blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. 20 This is the inheritance of the The cities of Judah. tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and IIezron, which is Ilazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, Before CHRIST 1444. 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, hand h2Kin. 14. 7. Joktheel, 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages: 46 From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay & near Ashdod, with their villages: 11. 16. 51 1 And Goshen, and Holon, and 1 ch. 10. 41. & Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, |