faid, Because it was certainly told thy fervants, how that the LORD thy God commmanded his fervant Mofes to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you therefore we were fore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

The fun and moon fand frill.

10 And the LORD difcomfited them before Ifrael, and flew them with a great flaughter at Gibeon, and chafed them along the way that goeth up to Bethho ron, and fmote them to Azekah, and un to Makkedah.

11 And it came to pafs, as they fed 25 And now, behold, we are in thine from before Ifrael, and were in the going hand as it feemeth good and right unto down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cat thee to do unto us, do. down great ftones from heaven upon 26 And fo did he unto them, and de-them unto Azekah, and they died: ibey livered them out of the hand of the chil dren of Ifrael, that they flew them not. 27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he fhould choose.

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were more which died with hailftones than they whom the children of Ifrael flew with the sword

12 Then fpake Joshua to the LORD, in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of lfrael, and he faid in the fight of Ifrael, Sun, ftand thou ftill upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.

1 Five kings war against Gibeon. 6 Job. ua refcueth it. 12 The fun and moon 13 And the fun food still, and the moon Rand fill at the word of Jofbua. tayed, until the people had avenged NOW it came to pafs, when Adonize-themfelves upon their enemies. Is not dec king of Jerufalem, had heard how this written in the book of Jafher? So the Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly fun food fill in the midft of heaven, and deftroyed it; as he had done to Jericho hafted not to go down about a whole day. and her king; fe he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Ifrael, and were among them:

2 That they feared greatly, becaufe Gib eon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.

14 And there was no day like that be fore it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Ifrael.

15 And Jofua returned, and all Ifrael with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

16 But thefe five kings fed, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah.

17 And it was told Jofhua. faying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Mak

3 Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerufalem fentunto Hoham king of Hebron and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and un-kedah. to Japhia king of Lachih,and unto Bebir king of Eglon, faying,

4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may fmite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Jofhua and with the children of Ifrael.

18 And Jofhua faid, Roll great ftones upon the mouth of the cave, and fet mea by it for to keep them :

19 And ftay ye not, but purfue after your enemies, and fmite the hindmoft of them; fuffer them not to enter into their 5 Therefore the five kings of the Am-cities: for the LORD your God hath de. orites, the king of Jerufalem, the king of livered them into your hand. Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of 20 And it came to pafs, when Joshua Lachith, the king of Eglon, gathered and the children of lirael had made an themselves together, and went up, they end of flaying them with a very great and all their hofts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it.

6 And the men of Gibeon fent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, faying, Slack not thine hand from thy fervants: come up to us quickly, and fave us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.

So Jofua afcended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour.

8 And the LORD faid unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered then into thine hand: there fhall not a man of them ftand before thee.

flaughter, till they were confumed, that the reft which remained of them entered into fenced cities.

21 And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace : none moved his tongue against any of the children of Ifrael

22 Then faid Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out thofe five kings unto me out of the cave.

23 And they did fo, and brought forth thofe five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerufalam, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachith, and the king of Eglon.

24 And it came to pafs, when they brought out thofe kings unto Joh that Joshua called for all the men

9 Joshua therefore came unto them fud. denly, and went up from Gilgal all night.ua,

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of Ifrael, and faid unto the captains off done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly,

the men of war which went with him, and all the fouls that were therein. Come near, put your feet upon the necks 38 And Joshua returned, and all Ifrael of thefe kings. And they came near and with him, to Debir; and fought againftit: put their feet upon the necks of them. $9 And he took it, and the king there25 And Jobua faid unto them, Fear not, of, and all the cities thereof; and they for be difmayed, be ftrong and of good fimote them with the edge of the fword, Courage: for thus fhall the LORD do to and utterly deftroyed all the fouls that all your enemies against whom ye fight.were therein; he left none remaining: 26 And afterward Joshua fmote them, as he had done to Hebron, fo he did to and flew them, and hanged them on five Debir, and to the king thereof: as he had trees; and they were hanging upon the done alfo to Libnah, and to her king. trees until the evening. 40 So Jobua fmote all the country of

27 And it came to pafs at the time of the hills, and of the fouth, and of the the going down of the fun, that Joshua vale, and of the fprings, and all their Commanded, and they took them down kings: he left none remaining, but utoff the trees, and caft them into the cave terly deftroyed all that breathed, as the wherein they had been hid, and laid great LORD God of Ifrael commanded. ftones in the cave's mouth, waich remain 41 And Joshua fmote them from Kauntil this very day. defhbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the 28 And that day Joshua took Makke-country of Gothen, even unto Gibeon. dah, and fmote it with the edge of the fword, and the king thereof, he utterly deftroyed, them and all the fouls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

42 And all these kings, and their land did Jofhua take at one time, because the LORD God of Ifrael fought for Ifrael.

29 Then Joshua palled from Makke-1 dah, and all Ifrael with him, unto Lib nah, and fought against Liboah:

30 And the LORD delivered it alfo, and the king thereof, into the hand of Ifrael; and he fmote it with the edge of the fword, and all the fouls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

43 And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. CHAP. XI.

Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom. 10 Hazor is taken and burned. 21 The Anakims cut off.

AND it came to pafs, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard thofe things, that he fent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achthaph,

2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains 31 And Joshua paffed from Libnah, and fouth of Chinneroth, and in the valley, all Ifrael with him, unto Lachish, and en-fand in the borders of Dor, on the west, camped againfl it, and fought against it: 32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Ifrael, which took it on the second day, and fmete it with the edge of the fword, and all the fouls that were therein, according to all that he Kad done to Libnah.

33 Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachith; and Jofhua Imote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining

34 And from Lachith Joshua paffed unto Eglon, and all Ifrael with nim; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: 35 And they took it on that day, and Anote it with the edge of the fword, and all the fouls that were therein he utterly deftroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.

36 And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Ifrael with him, unto Hebron ; and they fought against it:

37 And they took it, and fmote it with the edge of the word, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof and all) the fouls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had

3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the weit, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebuite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

And they went out, they and all their hofts with them, much people, even as the fand that is upon the fea thore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

5 And when all thefe kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight againft Ifrael.

6 And the LORD faid unto Joshua, Be not afraid becaufe of them for tomor row about this time will I deliver them up all flain before Ifrael: thou thalt hough their horfes, and burn their chariots with fire.

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

8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Ifrael, who fmote them, and chafed them unto great Zidon, and unto Mitrephothmaim,

Mifrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward, and they fmote them, until they left them none remaining.

9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: hehoughed their horfes, and burned their chariots with fire.

10. And Jofhua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and fmote the king thereof with the fword: for Hazor before time was the head of all thofe kingdoms.

11 And they fmote all the fouls that were therein with the edge of the fword, utterly deftroying them there was not any left to breathe: and he burned Hazor with fire.

12 And all the cities of thofe kings, and all the kings of them did Joshua take, and finote them with the edge of the fword, and he utterly deftroyed them, as Mofes the fervant of the LORD commanded.

13 But as for the cities that flood ftill in their strength, Ifrael burned none of them, fave Hazor only; that did Jothua burn.

14 And all the spoil of thefe cities, and the cattle, the children of Ifrael took for a prey unto themfelves; but every man they fmote with the edge of the fword, until they had deftroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.

Divers kings fmitten.

left in the land of the children of Ifrael only in Gaza, in Gath. and in Áshdod, there remained,

23 So Jofhua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD faid unto Mofes; and Jofhua gave it for an inheritance unto Ifrael according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land refled from war.

CHAP. XII.

1 The two kings whofe countries Mofes took and difpofed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the other fide Jordan which Jafbua mote

NOW thefe are the kings of the land, which the children of Ifrael fmote, and polletfed their land on the other fide Jordan towards the rising of the fun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon,and all the plain on the eaft:

2 Sihon king of the Amorites who dwelt in Hefhbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

5 And from the plain to the fea of Chin. neroth on the eat and unto the fea of the plain, even the falt fea on the eaft, the way to Bethjefhimoth; and from the fouth, under Áthdothpifgah.

15 As the LORD commanded Mofes 4 And the coaft of Og king of Bafhan, his fervant, fo did Mofes command Joth-which was of the remnant of the giants, ua, and fo did Jofhua; he left nothing that dwelt at Ahtaroth and at Edrei, undone of all that the LORD commanded 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, and Moles. in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Gefhurites, and the Maachjathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Hehbon

16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the fouth country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Ifrael, and the valley of the fame ;

17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon and all their kings he took, and, fmote them, and flew them.

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18 Jo'hua made war a long time with all thofe kings

6 Them did Mofes the fervant of the LORD and the children of Ifrael fmite : and Mofes the fervant of the LORD gave it for a poffellion unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manaffeh.

7 And thefe are the kings of the country, which Joshua and the children of Ifrael fmote on this fide Jordan on the : 19 There was not a city that made peace weft, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebwith the children of Ifrael. fave the Hiv-anon, even unto the mount Halak, that ites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle

20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Ifrael in battle, that he might deftroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, but that he might deftroy then, as the LORD commanded Mofes. 21 And at that time came Joshua and, cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah,and from all the mountains of Ifrael: Joshua defroyed them utterly with their cities.

There was none of the Anakims

goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Ifrael for a poffeffion according to their divifions;

8 In the mountains, and in the valleys. and in the plains, and in the fprings, and in the wildernets, and in the fouth country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites :

9 The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is befide Bethel, one;

10 The king of Jerufalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

11 The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachich, one;

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12 The king of Eglon, one; the king which Mofes gave them, beyond Jordan of Gezer, one : eastward, even as Mofes the fervant of

13 The king of Debir, one; the king the LORD gave them;

of Geder, one;

14 The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one:

15 The king of Libnah, one: the king of Adullam, one;

9 From Åroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;

10 And all the cities of Sihon king of

16 The king of Makkedah, one; the the Amorites, which reigned in Heh

king of Bethel, one;

bon, unto the border of the children of

17 The king of Ta puah, one; the Ammon;

king of Hepher, one;

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11 And Gilead, and the border of the

18 The king of Aphek, one; the king Gehurites and Maachathites, and all of La haron, one; mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;

19 The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

20 The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achhaph, one;

21 The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

22 The king of Kedeh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one :

23 The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal,

2 The boun is of the land not yet conquered. 14, 33 The Lord and bis facrifices are the Levites' inheritance. 2a Balaam slain. NOW Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD faid unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be poffeffed.

This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Gefburi;

12 All the kingdom of Og in Bahan, 'which reigned in Afhtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for thefe did Mofes fmite, and caft them out

18 Nevertheless the children of Ifrael expelled not the Gefhurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Gefhurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Ifraelites until this day.

14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance; the facrifices of the LORD God of Ifrael made by fire are their inheritance as he faid unto them.

15 And Mofes gave unto the tribe of ¡the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families.

16 And their coaft was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Madeba;

17 Hefhbon, and all her cities that are in the plain: Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,

18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,

3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibinahı,and Zafive lords of the Philiftines; the Gaza-reththahar in the mount of the valley, thithes, and the Ahdothites, the Ehka- 20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpifgah,

lonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; and Bethje fshimoth, all the Avites:

21 And all the cities of the plain, and From the fouth all the land of the all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is befide Amorites, which reigned in Hebon, the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the bor-whom Mofes fmote with the princes of ders of the Amorites: Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon. dwelling in the country.

5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the funrifing, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the 22 Balaam alfo the fon of Beor, the entering into Hamath. foothlayer, did the children of Ifrael flay with the fword, among them that were flain by them.

6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Mifrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive 23 And the border of the children of out from before the children of Ifrael: Reuben was Jordan,and the border thereonly divide thou it by lot unto the If of. This was the inheritance of the chil. raelites for an inheritance, as I have com-dren of Reuben after their families, the manded thee. cities and the villages thereof.

Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manaffeh,

8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance,

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21 And Mofes gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.

25 And their coaft was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of

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Caleb obtaineth Hebron..' the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that faid unto Mofes the man of God concerni is before Rabbah; ing me and thee in Kadehbarnea.

AND thele are the countries which the children of Ifrael inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Johua the fon of Nun, and the heads of the 15 And the name of Hebron before fathers of the tribes of the children of If-was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a rael, diftributed for inheritance to them.great man among the Anakims. And 2 By lot was their inheritance, as the the land had reft from war. LORD commanded by the hand of Mofes, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.1 3 For Mofes had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other fide Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them.

8 And it went out to the fouth fide to Maalehacrabbim, and palled along to 6 Then the children of Judah came Zin, and afcended up on the fouth fide unto Jofhua in Gilgal: and Caleb the fon unto Kadethbarnea, and paffed along to of Jephunneh the Kenezite faid unto him, Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetchThou knowelt the thing that the LORD fed a compats to Karkaa :