Joshua 11 (KJV)
Jabin, king of Hazor, sent word to other kings to join forces with them against Israel because he heard of all that Joshua had done. "...[H]e sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 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 mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh" (vs. 1-3). When all of them came together at the waters of Merom, they formed a great multitude with many horses and chariots ready for battle against Israel.
"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" (v. 6).
The following day Joshua and his people suddenly came upon the multitude by the waters of Merom. "...[T]he Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel..." (v. 8). "And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire" (v. 9). "And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded" (v. 12). "...[Joshua] left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses" (v. 15).
"So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war" (v.23).
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