Hazor is taken and burnt.

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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 Judg. 3.3. mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses 1 Sam. 13.5. and chariots very many.

f eh. 18. 11. 8 Gen.31.49.

h Gen.22.17. & 32. 12. Judg. 7. 12.

2 Heb. assembled by appointment.

I ch. 10. 8.

h

5 And when all these kings were 2 met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6 T And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before 2Sam.8.4. Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

The Anakims cut off.

command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he 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 goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and "all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

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q ch. 1. 7.

Heb. he removed

nothing.
r ch. 12. 8.

ch. 10. 41.

ch. 12. 7.

the smooth

mountain.

u Deut. 7.H. ch. 12.7.

18 Joshua made war a long time T 1445. with all those kings.

ver. 23.

21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off a the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, Deut. 1. 28. 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 Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.

23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel accord-ch. 14. 15. ing to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

CHAPTER XII.

1 The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed of 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Jordan which Joshua smote.

NOW these are the kings of the

& 21. 44. &

22.4.& 23.1.

1445. ver. 18.

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land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, a from the river Num. 21. Arnon bunto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:

2Sihon 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;

a Num. 21. 24, 33.

• Num. 32. 29, 33.

Deut. 3. 11, 12.

ch. 13. 8.

6 "Them did Moses the servant of 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.

7 ¶ And these are the kings of the P ch. 11. 17. Country P which 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 Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

9 Gen. 14. 6. & 32. 8.

Deut.2.1,4. ch. 11. 23.

ch. 10. 40. & 11. 16.

8

r

t

8 In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and Ex. 8.8.& in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:

23.23. ch. 9.1.

u ch. 6. 2. 1451.

I ch. 8. 29.

7 ch. 10. 23.

ch. 10. 33.

ach. 10.38.

b ch. 10. 29.

ch. 10. 28. d ch. 8. 17. Judg. 1. 22.

1 Kings 4. 10.

4 Or, Sharon Is. 33. 9.

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; d 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

ch. 11. 10. king of Hazor, one;

22

smitten by Joshua.

i

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;

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h ch. 19. 37. 1 ch. 11. 2. * Gen. 14.

1, 2.

24 The king of Tirzah, one: all .9.1. the kings thirty and one.

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 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

k1 Kings 5.

18.

Ps. 83. 7.

Ezek. 27.9. ch. 12. 7.

m ch. 11. 8.

a ch. 12. 2.

b Num. 21. 28.

• Num. 21. 30.

ver. 9.

2 Or, The high places of Baal, and house of Baal

meon:

See Num. 32.38.

d Num. 21. 23.

• Num. 32. 37.

f Num. 32. 38.

E Deut. 3.17. ch. 12. 3.

8 Or, Springs of Pisgah, or, The hill. h Deut.3.10.

1 Num. 21. 24.

k Num. 31.

8.

1 Num. 22. 5. & 31. 8. 4 Or, diviner.

m Num. 32. 35.

n Compare Num. 21.26, 28, 29. with Deut. 2. 19. & Judg. 11. 13, 15, &c.

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.

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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.

and half tribe of Manasseh.

the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

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• 2 Sam. 11

26 And from Heshbon unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and 1.& 12. 26. from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;

27 And in the valley, PBeth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

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

29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families.

30 And their coast was from Ma

16 And their coast was a from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;

17 Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and 2Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth-shahar in the mount of the valley,

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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 Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Re

kem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

22 ¶ 'Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

24 And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

3 For Moses had given the inhe-ch. 13. 8, ritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

4 For the children of Joseph were 4 Gen. 48. 5. two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim:

1 Chr. 5.1,2.

Caleb obtaineth Hebron.

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cir. 1444.

Num.35.2. ch. 21. 2.

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 Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God Deut. 1. 36, concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea.

f Num. 32. 12. & ch. 15. 17.

8 Num. 14. 24,30.

38.

b Num. 13.

26.

& 14. 6.

7 Forty years old was I when MoNum. 13.6. ses 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. 31,32.

Deut. 1. 28. 1 Num. 14. 24.

Deut. 1. 36.

Num. 14. Deut. 1.36.

23, 24.

ch. 1. 3. n See Num. 18. 22.

• Num. 14. 30.

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? Heb. walked.

P See Deut. 34.7.

8 Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly 1followed the LORD my God.

n

9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, "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 hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel 2wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.

11 PAS 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, a Deut.31.2. both to go out, and to come in.

r Num. 13.
28,33.

Ps. 18. 32,

34.&.
Rom. 8. 31.

t ch. 15. 14.
Judg. 1. 20.

u ch. 22. 6. * ch.10.37. & 15. 13. Judg. 1. 20. See ch. 21. 11, 12.

1 Chr. 6. 55,

56.

12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will 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 Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.

14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jech. 21. 12. phunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

Borders of the lot of Judah.

CHAPTER XV.

1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 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.

HIS then was the lot of the tribe

The children of Judah by

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36.

their families; "even to the border of Num.34.3. Edom the "wilderness of Zin south-Num. 33. ward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

2 And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the 2 bay that looketh southward:

2 Heb. tongue.

Num.34.4. on Acrabbim.

going up to

6 And the border went up to Beth-ch. 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 ch. 18. 17. Reuben:

7 And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and 8 ch. 7. 26. so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-2 Sam. 17. rogel:

17.

1 Kings 1.9.

ch. 18. 16. 10.

2 Kings 23. Jer. 19. 2, 6. k ch. 18. 28. & 19. 10.

Judg. 1. 21.

8 And the border went up 1by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: 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 1 ch. 18. 16. the valley of the giants northward:

9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain ch. 18. 15. of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn "to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:

8

13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

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 the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

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 gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

C

18 And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she Gen.25 lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?

d See

1 Sam.

23.

19 Who answered, Give me a Gen. 33.11. 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 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 Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,

27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-palet,

The cities of Judah.

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

29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,

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31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, 1 Sam. 27. and Sansannah,

6.

32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, & Num. 18. and Zoreah, and Ashnah,

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

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah,

23.