to them, Fear them not, nor be dismayed. Be strong and of good courage; for thus will the Lord do to all your enemies, 26 against whom you fight. So Joshua slew them, and hanged

them on five gibbets, and they hung on the gibbets till even27 ing. And at the setting of the sun Joshua gave orders, and they

took them down from the gibbets, and threw them into the 28 cave, and rolled stones on the cave, which still remain. Now on that day they took Makeda, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every thing therein which breathed. There was not one left who escaped or fled. And when they had done to the king of Makeda as they did to the 29 king of Jericho, Joshua, and all Israel with him, marched from 30 Makeda to Lebna and besieged it; and the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel, and they took it and the king thereof, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and every thing in it which had breath. There was not one left in it who escaped, 31 or fled. And when they had done to the king thereof as they did to the king of Jericho, Joshua, and all Israel with him, marched from Lebna to Lachis, and encamped about it, and 32 besieged it. And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it as they had 33 done Lebna. At that time Elam, king of Gazer, having come

up to assist Lachis, Joshua smote him with the edge of the 34 sword, till there was none of them left who escaped, or fled. Then

Joshua, and all Israel with him, went from Lachis to Odollam, 35 and encamped about it, and besieged it. And the Lord deli

vered it into the hand of Israel, and they took it that day, and 36 smote it with the edge of the sword. And when they had slain every living soul therein, as they had done at Lachis, Joshua, and all Israel with him, went to Chebron, and encamped about it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and every living 37 soul therein. Not one escaped. As they had done to Odollam, 38 they utterly destroyed it, and all that were in it. Then Joshua,

and all Israel, wheeled round to Dabir, and encamped about it, 39 and took it, and the king thereof, and the villages thereof. And he smote it with the edge of the sword. And they utterly destroyed it, and every soul in it. They did not leave one alive. As they had done to Chebron, and its king, so they did to Da

40 bir, and its king. Thus did Joshua smite all the hilly country, and Nageb, and the plain, and Asedoth, and the kings thereof. They did not leave one of them alive. They utterly destroyed every one who breathed the breath of life, as the Lord God of 41 Israel had commanded. From Kades-barne to Gaza, Joshua smote at one time all the land of Gosom, quite to Gabaon, all their kings, and their land, for the Lord the God of Israel fought for Israel.

XI. Now when Jabis, king of Azor, heard this, he sent to Jo2 bab king of Maran, and to the king of Symoon, and to the king

of Aziph, and to the kings who bordered on great Sidon, to 3 the hilly country, and to Araba over against Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor, and to the Chananites, on the eastern shore of the sea, and to the Amorites, on the sea shore, and to the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, on the mountain, and to the Evites, and to those at the foot of 4 Aermon, to the land of Massuma; and they, and their kings with them, came out like the sand of the sea for multitude, 5 with horses and chariots in great abundance. And when all these kings had assembled, and formed a junction, and encamped at the water of Maron to fight against Israel; the Lord 6 said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow, about this time, I will deliver them up vanquished before Israel. Thou shalt hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with 7 fire. So Joshua and all the warriors came upon them suddenly, at the water of Maron, and fell upon them in the hilly coun8 try and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel, and they pursued them with slaughter, to great Sidon, and to Maseron, and to the plains of Massoch, eastward, and hewed them 9 down till there was none of them left alive. And Joshua did to them as the Lord commanded him. Their horses he ham10 stringed; and their chariots he burned with fire. And at that time Joshua turned back, and took Asor, and the king thereof. 11 (Now Asor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.) And they slew every living soul in it, with the sword, and utterly 12 destroyed all, so that there was not one left in it alive. And they burned Asor with fire. Then Joshua took all the cities of those kingdoms, and the kings thereof, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses

13 the servant of the Lord had commanded. (But Israel did not burn any of the cities which were built on lofty situations, ex14 cept Asor; this alone Israel burned;) And the Israelites took

all the spoils thereof for themselves, and exterminated the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, until they destroyed them. 15 They did not leave a breathing soul of them. As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, and as Moses gave it in charge to Joshua, so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that 16 Moses commanded him. So Joshua took all the hilly country, and all the land of Nageb, and all the land of Gosom, and the 17 plain, and that to the west, and the mountain of Israel, and the lowlands adjoining the mountain, from mount Chelcha, and that which stretcheth up to Seir, even to Balagad, and the plains of Libanus, at the foot of mount Aermon. He took, and 18 smote, and slew, all the kings thereof. Joshua indeed waged

war against those kings for several years, so that there was not 19 a city which Israel did not take. They took them all by battle. 20 For the Lord permitted them to assume courage to come to

battle with Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that no mercy might be shewn them; but that they might be utterly 21 destroyed, as the Lord commanded Moses. At that time also, Joshua went, and rooted out the Enakims from the hilly country, from Chebron, and from Dabir, and from Anaboth, and from the whole race of Israel, and from all the mountain of 22 Juda. Them, with their cities, Joshua destroyed. So that, by means of the children of Israel, there was not one of the Enakims left, except some who were in Gaza, and in Geth, and in 23 Aseldo. And when Joshua had taken all the land as the Lord commanded Moses, he gave it for an inheritance to Israel, in parcels, according to their tribes; and the land rested from war. XII. Now these are the kings of the land, whom the Israelites slew, and whose land they possessed, on the east side of the Jordan, from the vale of Arnon to mount Aermon, compre2 hending all the land of Araba to the east-Seon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Esebon; whose dominion extended from Arnon which is in the vale, along part of the vale, and the 3 half of Galaad to Jabok, the boundary of the Ammonites, comprehending Araba, to the east side of the sea of Cheneroth, and to the sea of Araba, the east side of the salt sea, the way

in front of Aseimoth, that leading from Thaiman, at the foot 4 of Asedoth Phasga: and Og, king of Basan, who was a rem5 nant of the giants, and who dwelt at Astaroth, and Edrain, and whose dominion extended from mount Aermon, and from Sekchai, over all the land of Basan, to the borders of Gergesi, and over Machi, and the half of Galaad, to the borders of 6 Seon king of Esebon. These, Moses the servant of the Lord, and the children of Israel, smote; and Moses gave this land for a possession to Reuben, and Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses.

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And these are the kings of the Amorites, whom Joshua and the children of Israel slew, on the west side of the Jordan, from Balagad in the valley of Libanus, to mount Chelcha, as you go up to Seir; and which Joshua gave for a possession to the tribes of Israel, according to their respective lots, comprehending the Chettites, and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Pherezites, and the Evites, and the Jebusites, on the mountains, and in the plains, and in Araba, and in Asedoth, 9 and in the wilderness, and in Nageb: the king of Jericho, and the king of Gai, which is near Bethel; the king of Jerusalem; the king of Chebron; the king of Jerimuth; the king of Lachis; the king of Ailam; the king of Gazer; the king of Dabir: the king of Gadir; the king of Ermath; the king of Ader; 15 the king of Lebna; the king of Odollam; the king of Elath; the king of Taphut; the king of Opher; the king of Ophek of Arok; the king of Asom; the king of Symoon; the king of Mambroth; the king of Aziph; the king of Kades; the king of Zachak; the king of Maredoth; the king of Jekom of Carmel; the king of Odollam of Phennealdor; the king of Gei of Galilee; the king of Thersa; all these kings were twenty nine. XIII. Joshua was now far advanced in years, therefore the 2 Lord said to Joshua, Thou art advanced in years, and there is much land left to be taken possession of. Now this is the land which is left-the borders of the Philistines, the Geserites, and 3 the Chananites. The land from the desart which is before Egypt, to the borders of Akkaron, on the left of the Chananites, is set out to the five Satrapies of the Philistines, the Gazites and the Azotians, and the Askalonites, and the Getthites, 4 and the Akkaronites, comprehending the Evaites. From Thai

man, throughout the whole land, lieth Chanaan before Gaza. And the Sidonians extend to Aphek, and to the borders of 5 the Amorites. Now all the land of Galiath-phylistiim, and all Libanus, from the rising of the sun-from Galgal, at the foot 6 of mount Aermon, to the bay of Aimath-all the inhabitants of the hilly country, from Libanus to Masereth-memphomaim -all the Sidonians-them I will myself drive out from before Israel; but distribute thou it, by lot, to Israel, as I have com7 manded thee. Now therefore divide this land, for a possession among the nine tribes, and the half of the tribe of Manasses. Thou shalt give it from the Jordan to the great sea, at the set8 ting of the sun: that great sea shall be your boundary. To the two tribes of Reuben and Gad, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses, Moses hath given on the eastern border of the Jordan.

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Moses the servant of the Lord had given them from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, that city which is in the middle of the vale, and all Misor from Maidaban-all the cities of Seon, king of the Amorites, who reigned at Esebon, to the borders of the children of Ammon; and Galaaditis; and the country of the Geserites, and the Machatites; all mount Aermon; and all Basanitis to Acha; all the kingdom of Og, in Basanitis, who reigned in Astaroth and Edrain, he was a remnant of the giants, and Moses smote him and destroyed 13 him. Now the children of Israel had not destroyed the Gesirites, nor the Machatite, who was a Chananite. And the king of Gesiri, and the Machatite, still dwelt among the Israelites. 14 But to the tribe of Levi there was no possession given. The Lord, the God of Israel is himself their possession, as the Lord said to them.

Now this was the distribution which Moses made to the children of Israel at Araboth-Moab, on the border of the Jor15 dan, over against Jericho.-To the tribe of Reuben, according

to their communities, Moses gave, and these were their bor16 ders; from Aroer, which is in front of the vale of Arnon, includ

ing the city in the vale of Arnon, all the Misor to Esebon, and 17 all the cities in Misor, namely Daibon, and Baimon-baal, and 18 house of Meelboth, and Basan, and Bakedmoth, and Mai19 phaad, and Kariathaim, and Sebama, and Serada, and Sion on