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Hazor is taken and burnt

CHAP. XII.

The Anakims cut off.

2 And to the kings that were on the the land of Goshen, and the valley, and north of the mountains, and of the plains the piain, and the mountain of Israel, and south of Cinneroth, and in the valley, and the valley of the same; in the borders of Dor on the west,

3 And to the Canaanite on the east 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 Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth 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

4 And they went out, they and all their all those kings. hosts with them, much people, even as the 19 There was not a city that made sand that is upon the sea-shore in multi-peace with the children of Israel, save tude, with horses and chariots very many. the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all 5 And when all these kings were met other they took in battle.

together, they came and pitched together 20 For it was of the LORD to harden at the waters of Merom, to fight against their hearts, that they should come against Israel. Israel in battle, that he might destroy

6 T And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be them utterly, and that they might have no not afraid because of them: for to-morrow favour, but that he might destroy them, about this time will I deliver them up all as the LORD commanded Moses. slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their 21 And at that time came Joshua and horses, and burn their chariots with fire. cut off the Anakims from the mountains, 7 So Joshua came, and all the people from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and of war with him, against them by the wa- from all the mountains of Judah, and from ters of Merom suddenly, and they fell upon all the mountains of Israel: Joshua dethem. stroyed them utterly with their cities.. 8 And the LORD delivered them into 22 There was none of the Anakims the hand of Israel, who smote them, and left in the land of the children of Israel: chased them unto great Zidon, and unto only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of there remained.

Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, 23 So Joshua took the whole land, acuntil they left them none remaining.

9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

cording 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

CHAP. XII.

10 And Joshua at that time turned war. back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor before-with the children of Israel smote, TOW these are the kings of the land,

time was the head of all those kingdoms.

11 And they smote all the souls that and possessed their land on the other side were therein with the edge of the sword, Jordan toward the rising of the sun, utterly destroying them there was not from the river Arnon, unto mount Hermon, any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor and all the plain on the east:

2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt

with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and smote them with the edge of the sword, from the middle of the river, and from and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the servant of the LORD commanded. which is the border of the children of Ammon;

13 But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

3 And from the plain to the sea of Cinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:

14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves: but every man 4 And the coast of Og king of Bashan, they smote with the edge of the sword, which was of the remnant of the giants, until they had destroyed them, neither left that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, they any to breathe. 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and

15 As the LORD commanded Moses in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the borhis servant, so did Moses command Joshua, der of the Geshurites, and the Maachaand so did Joshua: he left nothing undone thites, and half Gilead, the border of Siof all that the LORD commanded Moses. hon king of Heshbon.

16 So Joshua took all that land, the 6 Them did Moses the servant of the bills, and all the south country, and all LORD, and the children of Israel smite :

The one and thirty kings smote.

JOSHUA. Bounds of the unconquered land

and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

4 From the south all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek to the borders of the Amorites:

7 And these are the kings of the 5 And the land of the Giblites, and all country which Joshua and the children of Lebanon toward the sun-rising, from Israel smote on this side Jordan on the Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Le-entering into Hamath.

banon, even unto the mount Halak that 6 All the inhabitants of the hill-country goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, and the tribes of Israel for a possession accord- all the Sidonians, them will I drive out ing to their divisions; from before the children of Israel: only 8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for and in the plains, and in the springs, and an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. in the wilderness, and in the south coun- 7 Now therefore divide this land for try; the Hittites the Amorites, and the an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, the half-tribe of Manasseh, and the Jebusites:

9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth-el, one ; 10 The king of Jerusalem, one; 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;

15 The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

16 The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Beth-el, one;

17 The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

18 The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

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 coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; 24 The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

CHAP. XIII.

TOW Joshua was old and stricken in

8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;

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.

13 Nevertheless, the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day.

14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them.

15 And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

16 And their coast was from Aroer that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the

No Jos and the LORD said unto him, city that is in the midst of the river, and

Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.

2 This is the land that yet remaineth all the borders of the l'hilistines, and all Geshuri,

3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

all the plain by Medeba:

17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

19 And Kijathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley, 20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,

21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amo

Balaam is stain.

CHAP. XIV, XV. Inheritance of the nine tribes.

fites which reigned in Heshbon, whom 3 For Moses had given the inheritance Moses smote with the princes of Midian, of two tribes and a half-tribe on the other Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwell-[none inheritance among them. 4 For the children of Joseph were two

ing in the country.

22 ¶ Balaam also the son of Beor, the tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore sooth-sayer,did the children of Israel slay they gave no part unto the Levites in the with the sword, among them that were land, save cities to dwell in, with their slain by them. suburbs for their cattle, and for their sub

23 And the border of the children of stance. Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. 5 As the LORD commanded Moses, so This was the inheritance of the children the children of Israel did, and they diof Reuben, after their families, the cities vided the land. and the villages thereof.

6 Then the children of Judah came

24 And Moses gave inheritance unto unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah ;

of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.

7 Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Ka26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-desh-barnea to espy out the land; and I mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahana- brought him word again as it was in my im unto the border of Debir; heart. 27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, and 8 Nevertheless, my brethren that went Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, up with me made the heart of the people the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even un- God.

28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages.

to the edge of the sea of Cinneroth, on the 9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, other side Jordan eastward. 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. 29 ¶ And Moses gave inheritance unto 10 And now, behold, the LORD hath the half-tribe of Manasseh: and this was kept me alive, as he said, these forty and the possession of the half-tribe of the chil-five years, even since the LORD spake this dren of Manasseh by their families. word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

30 And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities:

11 As yet I am as strong this day, as I 31 And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and was in the day that Moses sent me: as my Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Ba-strength was then, even so is my strength shan, were pertaining unto the children of now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the 12 Now therefore give me this mounone half of the children of Machir by tain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; their families. for thou heardest in that day how the Ana

32 These are the countries which Mo-kims were there, and that the cities were ses did distribute for inheritance in the great and fenced: if so be the LORD will plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan be with me, then I shall be able to drive by Jericho eastward. them out, as the LORD said.

33 But unto the tribe of Levi, Moses 13 And Joshua blessed him, and gave gave not any inheritance: the LORD God unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh,Hebron of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them.

CHAP. XIV.

for an inheritance.

14 Hebron therefore became the inhe ritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the ND these are the countries which the Kenezite unto this day; because that he

A LORD God of Israel.

land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, 15 And the name of Hebron before was and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man of the fathers of the tribes of the children of among the Anakims. And the land had Israel distributed for inheritance to them. rest from war. 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe.

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CHAP. XV.

THIS then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judab by their fami

Borders of the lot of Judah.

JOSHUA.

The cities of Judad. lies; even to the border of Edom, the wil- the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba derness of Zin southward was the utter- the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. 14 And Caleb drove thence the three most part of the south coast.

2 And their south border was from sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And he went up thence to the in

looketh southward:

3 And it went out to the south side to habitants of Debir: and the name of DeMaaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to bir before was Kirjath-sepher.

Zin, and ascended up on the south side 16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetch- I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

ed a compass to Karkaa:

4 From thence it passed toward 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.

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her 5 And the east border was the salt sea, father a field. And she lighted off her ass; even unto the end of Jordan: and their and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest border in the north quarter was from the thou?

bay of the sea, at the uttermost part of 19 Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land, give

Jordan:

6 And the border went up to Beth-me also springs of water. And he gave her hogla, and passed along by the north of the upper springs, and the nether springs. Beth-arabah; and the border went up to 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: of the children of Judah according te 7 And the border went up toward De-their families.

bir from the valley of Achor, and so north- 21 And the uttermost cities of the tribe ward looking toward Gilgal, that is before of the children of Judah toward the coast the going up to Adummim, which is on of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and the south side of the river: and the bor- Eder, and Jagur,

der passed toward the waters of En-she- 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adamesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel:

8 And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the south side

dah,

23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan,
24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth,

of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and Hezron, which is Hazor,
and the border went up to the top of the
mountain that lieth before the valley of
Hinnom westward, which is at the end of and
the valley of the giants northward:

26 Amam,and Shema, and Moladah,
27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon,
Beth-palet,

28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, Bizjothjah,

and

29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem,

30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hor

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 mah, was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim:

31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

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 reah, and Ashnah, 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 Jab neel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zo

34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socol, and Azekah,

36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal

12 And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof: this is the coast gad, of the children of Judah round about, according to their families.

38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,

13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephun- 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, neh he gave a part among the children of 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Judah, according to the commandment of Kithlish,

The lot of the sons of Joseph. CHAP. XVI, XVII.

The lot of Manasseh.

41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Ephraim according to their families was Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities thus: even the border of their inheritance with their villages: on the east side was Ataroth-adar, unto Beth-horon the upper;

42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, 6 And the border went out toward the 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Ma- sea to Michmethah on the north side; and reshah; nine cities with their villages: the border went about eastward unto Taa45 Ekron, with her towns and her vil-nath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east lages: to Janohah;

46 From Ekron even unto the sea, ail 7 And it went down from Janohah to that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Je47 Ashdod, with her towns and her vil-richo, and went out at Jordan. lages; Gaza, with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the westward unto the river Kanah; and the great sea, and the border thereof:

48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,

49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,

50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, 51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages:

52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah,

54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba (which is Hebron) and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

8 The border went out from Tappuah

goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

9 And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

10 And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. CHAP. XVII.

Manasseh; for he was the first-born

HERE was also a lot for the tribe of

55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the first-born 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: beZanoah, cause he was a man of war, therefore he 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten had Gilead and Bashan. cities with their villages:

58 Halbul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages:

60 Kirjath-baal (which is Kirjath-jeaFim) and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:

61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,

2 There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

62 And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, 3 But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, and En-gedi: six cities with their vil-the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the lages.. son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daugh63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants ters: and these are the names of his of Jerusalem, the children of Judah cod daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, not drive them out: but the Jebusites Milcah, and Tirzah. dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

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CHAP. XVI.

ND the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho, on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,

2 And goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,

3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.

4 And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren: therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father.

5 And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan;

6 Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead.

4 So the children of Joseph, Manasseh 7¶ And the coast of Manasseh was from and Ephraim, took their inheritance. Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before 5 ¶ And the border of the children of Shechem; and the border went along on

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