Joshua 11:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 10:9 : 9 Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.
  • 1 Thess 5:2-3 : 2 For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night. 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

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  • Josh 11:4-6
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    4These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots.

    5All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.

    6The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

  • Josh 11:8-12
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    8The LORD handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.

    9Joshua did to them as the LORD had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

    10At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.

    11They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword– no one who breathed remained– and burned Hazor.

    12Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

  • Josh 10:7-10
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    7So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal.

    8The LORD told Joshua,“Don’t be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you.”

    9Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal.

    10The LORD routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.

  • Josh 5:1
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    1When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the LORD had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites.

  • Josh 9:1-2
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    76%

    1The Gibeonites Deceive Israel When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan– in the hill country, the foothills, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon(including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites)–

    2they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel.

  • Josh 10:30
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    30The LORD handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho.

  • Josh 8:13-15
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    13The army was in position– the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley.

    14When the king of Ai saw Israel, they rushed to get up early. Then the men of the city went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people, at the meeting place near the rift valley. But he did not realize an ambush was waiting for him behind the city.

    15Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.

  • Josh 10:24-25
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    24When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him,“Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So they came up and put their feet on their necks.

    25Then Joshua said to them,“Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Be strong and brave, for the LORD will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight.”

  • Josh 8:22
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    22At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

  • Josh 3:1
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    1Israel Crosses the Jordan Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river.

  • Josh 7:7
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    7Joshua prayed,“O, Sovereign LORD! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan!

  • Josh 10:20
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    20Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities.

  • Josh 10:40-42
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    40Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded.

    41Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon.

    42Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

  • Exod 17:13
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    13So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.

  • Josh 5:13
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    13Israel Conquers Jericho When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him,“Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?”

  • Josh 11:18-20
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    73%

    18Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time.

    19No city made peace with the Israelites(except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them,

    20for the LORD determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses.

  • Josh 4:1
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    1Israel Commemorates the Crossing When the entire nation was on the other side, the LORD told Joshua,

  • Josh 8:19
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    19When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire.

  • Josh 6:2
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    2The LORD told Joshua,“See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors.

  • Josh 7:5
    72%

    5The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

  • Josh 8:11
    72%

    11All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

  • Judg 3:28
    72%

    28He said to them,“Follow me, for the LORD is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.

  • Josh 10:33
    72%

    33Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down, as well as his army, until no survivors remained.

  • Josh 10:36
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    36Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it.