Joshua 11:18
16 So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
17 from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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- BSB
- Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
- KJV
- Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- WEB
- Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- ASV
- Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- DARBY
- Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- BLB
- Many days Joshua made war with all these kings.
- ÅB
- I lang tid førte Josva krig med alle disse konger.
- OTB
- Josva var i konflikt med alle disse kongene i en lengre periode.
- B1930
- I lang tid førte Josva krig med alle disse konger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then the land had rest from war.
Read in contextJoshua 14:7–10
I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
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