Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him,—their horses, he ham-strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

In Context

8And Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpeh, eastward,—yea they smote them until they left them not a survivor.

10Then Joshua turned back, at that time, and captured Hazor, and, the king thereof, smote he with the sword,—for, Hazor, aforetime, was the head of all these kingdoms.

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Cross References

Joshua 11:6Then said Yahweh unto Joshua—Do not fear because of them, for, to-morrow, about this time, am I going to deliver up all of them, slain, before Israel,—their horses, shalt thou ham-string, and, their chariots, shalt thou burn up with fire.

Psalms 46:10Let be! and know that, I, am God, I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:2-10

Confederacy Against Israel. ( b. c. 1450.) 1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, 3 And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the… Read the whole commentary →

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