Joshua 11:19
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.
18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
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.
21 At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
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- BSB
- No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
- KJV
- There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
- WEB
- There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
- ASV
- There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
- DARBY
- There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites who dwelt at Gibeon; they took all in battle.
- BLB
- There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel—except the Hivite dwellers of Gibeon—they took all in battle.
- ÅB
- Det var ikke noen by som med det gode overgav seg til Israels barn, uten hevittene som bodde i Gibeon; de tok alt sammen i strid;
- OTB
- Bortsett fra hevittene som bodde i Gibeon, gjorde ingen by fred med israelittene; de tok dem alle i kamp.
- B1930
- Det var ikke nogen by som med det gode overgav sig til Israels barn, uten hevittene som bodde i Gibeon; de tok alt sammen i strid;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 9:3–27
But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,
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