Quotes about Joshua
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
— Joshua 11:9
At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
— Joshua 11:10
The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
— Joshua 11:11
Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.
— Joshua 11:12
Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
— Joshua 11:13
As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
— Joshua 11:15
So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,
— Joshua 11:16
Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long period of time.
— Joshua 11:18
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
— Joshua 11:19
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
— Joshua 11:20
At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.
— Joshua 11:21
No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
— Joshua 11:22