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Joshua 11:9

American Standard Version

And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

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Joshua 11:9 in other translations

Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Joshua 11:9 · World English Bible

Joshua 11:9 in context

  1. 7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
  2. 8And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
  3. 9And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
  4. 10And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
  5. 11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.