Thus Joshuastruckallthe land,the hillcountryand the Negevand the lowlandand the slopesand alltheir kings.He leftnosurvivor,but he utterlydestroyedallwhobreathed,justas the LORD,the Godof Israel,had commanded.
It cameabout as soon as he was king,he struckdownallthe householdof Jeroboam.He did not leaveto Jeroboamanypersonsalive,untilhe had destroyedthem, according to the wordof the LORD,whichHe spokeby His servantAhijahthe Shilonite,
"So their sonsenteredand possessedthe land.And You subduedbeforethem the inhabitantsof the land,the Canaanites,And You gavethem into their hand,with their kingsand the peoplesof the land,To dowith them as they desired.
The wickedwill returnto Sheol,[Even] allthe nationswhoforgetGod.
"Watchyourself that you makenocovenantwith the inhabitantsof the landinto whichyou are going,orit will becomea snarein your midst.
When Mosessentthem to spyout the landof Canaan,he saidto them, "Goup thereinto the Negev;then goup into the hillcountry.
Turnand setyour journey,and goto the hillcountryof the Amorites,and to alltheir neighborsin the Arabah,in the hillcountryand in the lowlandand in the Negevand by the seacoast,the landof the Canaanites,and Lebanon,as faras the greatriver,the riverEuphrates.
"So we capturedallhis citiesat that timeand utterlydestroyedthe men,womenand childrenof everycity.We leftnosurvivor.
"He will delivertheir kingsinto your handso that you will make their nameperishfrom underheaven;nomanwill be able to standbeforeyou untilyou have destroyedthem.
They capturedit on that dayand struckit with the edgeof the sword;and he utterlydestroyedthat dayeverypersonwho[was] in it, according to allthat he had doneto Lachish.
They capturedit and struckit and its kingand allits citiesand allthe personswho[were] in it with the edgeof the sword.He leftnosurvivor,according to allthat he had doneto Eglon.And he utterlydestroyedit and everypersonwho[was] in it.
He capturedit and its kingand allits cities,and they struckthem with the edgeof the sword,and utterlydestroyedeveryperson[who was] in it. He leftnosurvivor.Justas he had doneto Hebron,sohe didto Debirand its king,as he had also doneto Libnahand its king.
Thus Joshuatookallthat land:the hillcountryand allthe Negev,allthat landof Goshen,the lowland,the Arabah,the hillcountryof Israeland its lowland
in the hillcountry,in the lowland,in the Arabah,on the slopes,and in the wilderness,and in the Negev;the Hittite,the Amoriteand the Canaanite,the Perizzite,the Hiviteand the Jebusite:
Now the citiesof the tribeof the sonsof Benjaminaccording to their familieswere Jerichoand Beth-hoglahand Emek-keziz,
"The cityshall be underthe ban,it and allthat is in it belongs to the LORD;onlyRahabthe harlotand allwhoare with her in the houseshall live,becauseshe hidthe messengerswhomwe sent.
"You shall doto Aiand its kingjustas you didto Jerichoand its king;you shall takeonlyits spoiland its cattleas plunderfor yourselves. Setan ambushfor the citybehindit."
Israeltookonlythe cattleand the spoilof that cityas plunderfor themselves, according to the wordof the LORDwhichHe had commandedJoshua.
So they answeredJoshuaand said,"Becauseit was certainlytoldyour servantsthat the LORDyour Godhad commandedHis servantMosesto giveyou allthe land,and to destroyallthe inhabitantsof the landbeforeyou; therefore we fearedgreatlyfor our livesbecauseof you, and have donethisthing.
