Joshua 11:13

However, Israel did not burn any of the towns built on mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua did burn.

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In The King James Version

But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

In Context

12Joshua captured all these towns and killed their kings. He set them apart and completely destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had ordered.

14The Israelites did take for themselves all the plunder and livestock from these towns. But they killed all the inhabitants, destroying them all so none were left alive.

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Cross References

Joshua 24:13I gave you a land you didn't work for and towns you didn't build. Now you live in them and eat from vineyards and olive groves you didn't plant.’

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:11-15

Joshua's Victories. ( b. c. 1450.) 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 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… Read the whole commentary →

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