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Joshua 11:9

Joshua

7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

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

10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

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BSB
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
KJV
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
WEB
Joshua did to them as the LORD told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
ASV
And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
DARBY
And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
BLB
And Joshua did to them as YHWH had told him; their horses he hamstrung and their chariots he burned with the fire.
ÅB
Og Josva gjorde med dem som Herren hadde sagt til ham; deres hester skar han hasene over på, og deres vogner brant han opp med ild.
OTB
Josva gjorde med dem som Herren hadde befalt: han kuttet av hestens sener og brente vognene deres med ild.
B1930
Og Josva gjorde med dem som Herren hadde sagt til ham; deres hester skar han hasene over på, og deres vogner brente han op med ild.

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  • Joshua 11:6

    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 Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

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  • Ezekiel 39:9–10

    And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

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