Joshua 11 – NIVUK & CCB

New International Version – UK

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 towards 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.

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

约书亚记 11:1-23

打败北方诸王

1夏琐耶宾听见这些消息,就派人去见玛顿约巴伸仑王、押煞王, 2还有北方山区、基尼烈南面的亚拉巴、西部丘陵和多珥高原的各王, 3以及东西两面的迦南人、山区的亚摩利人、人、比利洗人、耶布斯人和黑门山麓米斯巴地区的希未人。 4这些王便率领自己的军队,带着许多马匹和战车倾巢出动,人数多如海边的沙。 5他们在米伦河会师,一同扎营,要跟以色列人交战。

6耶和华对约书亚说:“你不要惧怕他们。明天这个时候,我必把他们全部交给以色列人杀戮,你要砍断他们马匹的蹄筋,烧毁他们的战车。” 7于是,约书亚率领所有的军兵在米伦河边突袭敌军。 8耶和华把敌军交在以色列人手中,以色列人打败了他们,追杀他们直到西顿大城、米斯利弗·玛音和东面的米斯巴谷,全部消灭了他们,一个没留。 9约书亚照耶和华的吩咐,砍断他们马匹的蹄筋,烧毁他们的战车。

10然后,约书亚回师攻陷夏琐,杀了夏琐王。夏琐在诸国中为首。 11以色列人杀了城内的人,一个没留。约书亚放火烧了夏琐12约书亚攻占了诸王所有的城池,擒获诸王。他照耶和华的仆人摩西的吩咐,将诸王全部杀死,毁掉城池。 13以色列人只烧毁了夏琐,没有烧建在山丘上的其他城池。 14他们杀掉城内所有的居民,一个没留,掳掠了城内所有的财物和牲畜。 15耶和华怎样吩咐祂的仆人摩西摩西也怎样吩咐约书亚约书亚都一一照办,没有遗漏任何耶和华吩咐摩西的事。

16约书亚占领了整个地区,包括山区、南地、歌珊全境、丘陵、亚拉巴以色列山区及平原, 17哈拉山起到西珥,直到黑门山山麓黎巴嫩山谷的巴力·迦得城。约书亚擒获了各城的王,杀死了他们。 18约书亚跟这些地区的诸王争战了很久。 19除了基遍希未人以外,其他没有一城向以色列人求和,以色列人全部攻占了这些城。 20原来耶和华使他们心里刚硬,跟以色列人作战,好让他们遭受无情的毁灭,正如耶和华对摩西的吩咐。

21那时,约书亚又出兵把希伯仑底璧亚拿伯以色列犹大各山区的亚衲人和他们的城邑全部毁灭。 22除了在迦萨迦特亚实突有一些残余之外,以色列境内没有亚衲人了。 23约书亚照耶和华对摩西的指示,夺取整个地区,把土地按照支派分给以色列人作产业。于是境内国泰民安,没有战事了。