The Northern Conquest

11 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard these things, that he ^(A)sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king ^(B)of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph, ² and to the kings who were from the north, in the mountains, in the plain south of ^(C)Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights ^(D)of Dor on the west, ³ to the Canaanites in the east and in the west, the ^(E)Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Jebusite in the mountains, ^(F)and the Hivite below ^(G)Hermon ^(H)in the land of Mizpah. ⁴ So they went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people ^(I)as the sand that is on the seashore in multitude, with very many horses and chariots. ⁵ And when all these kings had ^[a]met together, they came and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

⁶ But the Lord said to Joshua, ^(J)“Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall ^(K)hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” ⁷ So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and they attacked them. ⁸ And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who defeated them and chased them to ^[b]Greater ^(L)Sidon, to the ^[c]Brook ^(M)Misrephoth, and to the Valley of Mizpah eastward; they attacked them until they left none of them remaining. ⁹ So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.