Joshua 11:4-13

⁴All their armies came out with them, a great number of soldiers, in number like the sand on the seashore. They had a great number of horses and chariots.

⁵All these kings met at the appointed time, and they camped at the waters of Merom to wage war with Israel.

⁶Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid in their presence, because tomorrow at this time I am giving them all to Israel as dead men. You will hamstring their horses, and you will burn their chariots.”

⁷Joshua and all the men of war came. They arrived suddenly at the waters of Merom, and attacked the enemy.

⁸Yahweh gave the enemy into the hand of Israel, and they struck them and pursued them to Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah to the east. They struck them until not even one survivor of them was left.

⁹Joshua did to them just as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung the horses and burned the chariots.

¹⁰Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor. He struck its king with the sword. (Hazor had been head of all these kingdoms.)

¹¹They struck with the sword every living creature that was there, and he set them apart to be destroyed, so there was not any living creature left alive. Then he burned Hazor.

¹²Joshua captured all the cities of these kings. He also captured all their kings and struck them with the edge of the sword. He completely destroyed them with the edge of the sword, just as Moses the servant of Yahweh had commanded.

¹³Israel did not burn any of the cities built on mounds, except Hazor. It alone Joshua burned.