Josvabogen 11 – BPH & NIV

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Josvabogen 11:1-23

Josva besejrer kongerne mod nord

1Da kong Jabin af Hatzor hørte, hvad der var sket, sendte han bud til følgende konger: kong Jobab af Madon, kongen af Shimron, kongen af Akshaf, 2kongerne i højlandet mod nord, kongerne i Jordandalen syd for Kinneret søen,11,2 Søen, der i dag er mest kendt som Genesaret sø. kongerne på de vestlige bakkeskråninger, kongerne på højdedragene i Dor mod vest. 3Det var alle kongerne mod øst og vest blandt kana’anæerne, altså amoritterne, hittitterne og perizzitterne, jebusitterne i højlandet og hivvitterne ved Hermonbjergets fod i Mitzpadalen.

4-5Alle disse konger allierede sig og mobiliserede deres hære. Deres krigere var talløse som sandet ved havets bred, og deres heste og stridsvogne dækkede hele området omkring Meroms kilder, hvor de havde slået lejr inden angrebet på israelitterne.

6Men Herren sagde til Josva: „Vær ikke bange for dem, for i morgen ved denne tid ligger de alle dræbt for jeres fødder. I skal brænde deres vogne og skære haserne over på deres heste.”

7Da rykkede Josva og hans mænd frem mod Meroms kilder og stormede i et lynangreb de intetanende fjender. 8Herren overgav hele fjendens hær til israelitterne, der forfulgte dem op til Storsidon og Misrefot-Majim—og østpå ind i Mitzpadalen. Hele fjendens hær blev hugget ned. Ikke en eneste blev skånet. 9Bagefter skar Josva og hans mænd hestenes haser over og brændte vognene, sådan som Herren havde befalet.

10På tilbagevejen indtog Josva byen Hatzor og dræbte kongen. Hatzor havde indtil da været hovedbyen for alle disse mindre kongeriger. 11Israelitterne udryddede alt levende i byen, og så blev byen brændt ned.

12Josva dræbte alle disse konger og deres folk, sådan som Herrens tjener Moses havde befalet. 13Dog nedbrændte han ingen af de byer, som var bygget på ruinerne af en tidligere by, bortset fra Hatzor, 14men han udslettede indbyggerne og beholdt krigsbyttet og kvæget, 15sådan som Herren havde befalet sin tjener Moses, og Moses havde befalet Josva. Josva gjorde nøjagtigt, som Herren havde befalet Moses.

Erobringen af Kana’an fuldføres

16Josva havde nu indtaget hele Kana’ans land: højlandet, Negev området, Goshens land,11,16 Ikke Goshen i Egypten. skråningerne mod vest, Jordandalen, Israels højland og lavland. 17-18Israelitternes territorium strakte sig nu mod syd indtil Halakbjerget ved Seir og mod nord op til Ba’al-Gad i Libanon dalen ved foden af Hermonbjerget. Det tog Josva lang tid at underlægge sig hele dette område og udrydde samtlige konger i landet. 19Ingen af dem sluttede fred med israelitterne bortset fra hivvitterne i Gibeon. Alle de andre folk blev udslettet. 20Herren havde nemlig forhærdet alle disse konger, så de hellere ville gå i kamp mod Israel end forsøge at slutte fred. De blev alle dræbt uden skånsel, sådan som Herren havde befalet Moses.

21I den periode udryddede Josva alle kæmperne i landet—Anaks efterkommere, der boede rundt omkring i det sydlige og nordlige højland, især omkring Hebron, Debir og Anab. Alle blev dræbt, og deres byer blev ødelagt. 22Der var ikke en eneste anakit tilbage i Israel, og kun nogle ganske få i Gaza, Gat og Ashdod.

23Josva indtog således hele landet, sådan som Herren havde befalet Moses, og han fordelte jorden mellem Israels stammer, så de hver fik deres arvelod. Derefter var der endelig fred og ro i landet.

New International Version

Joshua 11:1-23

Northern Kings Defeated

1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of this, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Akshaph, 2and to the northern kings who were in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Kinnereth, in the western foothills and in Naphoth Dor on the west; 3to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below Hermon in the region of Mizpah. 4They came out with all their troops and a large number of horses and chariots—a huge army, as numerous as the sand on the seashore. 5All these kings joined forces and made camp together at the Waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

6The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

7So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, 8and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. 9Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

10At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword. (Hazor had been the head of all these kingdoms.) 11Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed11:11 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 12, 20 and 21. them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself.

12Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded. 13Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds—except Hazor, which Joshua burned. 14The Israelites carried off for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but all the people they put to the sword until they completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed. 15As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.

16So Joshua took this entire land: the hill country, all the Negev, the whole region of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah and the mountains of Israel with their foothills, 17from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and put them to death. 18Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. 19Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. 20For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

21At that time Joshua went and destroyed the Anakites from the hill country: from Hebron, Debir and Anab, from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally destroyed them and their towns. 22No Anakites were left in Israelite territory; only in Gaza, Gath and Ashdod did any survive.

23So Joshua took the entire land, just as the Lord had directed Moses, and he gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal divisions. Then the land had rest from war.