Joshua 11:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.

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  • Ps 3:1 : 1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
  • Isa 8:9 : 9 Have knowledge, O peoples, and be in fear; give ear, all you far-off parts of the earth:
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 For they are evil spirits, working signs; who go out even to the kings of all the earth, to get them together to the war of the great day of God, the Ruler of all.

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  • Josh 11:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6And the Lord said to Joshua, Have no fear of them: for tomorrow at this time I will give them all up dead before Israel; you are to have the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.

    7So Joshua and all the men of war with him came against them suddenly at the waters of Merom, and made an attack on them.

    8And the Lord gave them up into the hands of Israel, and they overcame them driving them back to great Zidon and to Misrephoth-maim and into the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they put them all to death, no man got away safely.

  • Josh 9:1-2
    2 verses
    82%

    1Now on hearing the news of these things, all the kings on the west side of Jordan, in the hill-country and the lowlands and by the Great Sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,

    2Came together with one purpose, to make war against Joshua and Israel.

  • Josh 10:4-6
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    80%

    4Come up to me and give me help, and let us make an attack on Gibeon: for they have made peace with Joshua and the children of Israel.

    5So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, were banded together, and went up with all their armies and took up their position before Gibeon and made war against it.

    6And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the tent-circle at Gilgal, saying, Be not slow to send help to your servants; come up quickly to our support and keep us safe: for all the kings of the Amorites from the hill-country have come together against us.

  • Josh 11:4
    79%

    4And they went out, they and all their armies with them, a great people, in number like the sand on the seaside, with horses and war-carriages in great number.

  • Judg 5:19-20
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    77%

    19The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.

    20The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.

  • Josh 5:1
    77%

    1Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

  • Josh 10:42-43
    2 verses
    77%

    42And all these kings and their land Joshua took at the same time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for Israel.

    43Then Joshua and all Israel with him went back to their tents at Gilgal.

  • Josh 11:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17From Mount Halak, which goes up to Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he overcame and put to death.

    18For a long time Joshua made war on all those kings.

    19Not one town made peace with the children of Israel, but only the Hivites of Gibeon: they took them all in war.

  • Josh 10:23-25
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    75%

    23And they did so, and made those five kings come out of the hole to him, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

    24And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.

    25And Joshua said to them, Have no fear and do not be troubled; be strong and take heart: for so will the Lord do to all against whom you make war.

  • Josh 11:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Now Jabin, king of Hazor, hearing of these things, sent to Jobab, king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

    2And to the kings on the north in the hill-country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in the highlands of Dor on the west,

  • Josh 10:10
    72%

    10And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

  • Josh 10:15-17
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    72%

    15And Joshua, with all Israel, went back to the tent-circle at Gilgal.

    16But these five kings went in flight secretly to a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

    17And word was given to Joshua that the five kings had been taken in a hole in the rock at Makkedah.

  • Josh 10:36
    71%

    36And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;

  • Josh 24:11
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    11Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.

  • Josh 22:12
    71%

    12Then all the meeting of the children of Israel, hearing this, came together at Shiloh to go up against them to war.

  • Josh 12:1
    71%

    1Now these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel overcame, taking as their heritage their land on the east side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:

  • Josh 8:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.

    12And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

  • Judg 6:33
    71%

    33Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

  • 2 Sam 10:17
    71%

    17And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

  • 1 Sam 29:1
    71%

    1Now the Philistines got all their army together at Aphek: and the Israelites put their forces in position by the fountain in Jezreel.

  • Josh 3:1
    71%

    1Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

  • Josh 4:13
    71%

    13About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.

  • Josh 5:13
    70%

    13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, lifting up his eyes he saw a man in front of him, with his sword uncovered in his hand: and Joshua went up to him and said, Are you for us or against us?

  • 1 Chr 19:17
    70%

    17And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

  • Josh 10:30
    70%

    30And again the Lord gave it and its king into the hands of Israel; and he put it and every person in it to the sword, till their destruction was complete; and he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.

  • Num 22:1
    70%

    1Then the children of Israel, journeying on, put up their tents in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan at Jericho.

  • Ps 135:11
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    11Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan;