Joshua 11:19

Not a single town would make peace with the Israelites, except the Hivites who inhabited Gibeon. All the rest had to be captured by fighting.

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In The King James Version

There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.

In Context

18Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.

20It was the Lord who made their hearts stubborn enough to battle with Israel, so they were all wiped out, destroyed without mercy as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:3When the citizens of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

Joshua 9:15Joshua made peace with them and made a treaty with them to spare their lives, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:16-23

15 As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. 16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; 17 Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. 18… Read the whole commentary →

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