11:1 When King Jabin of Hazor ¹  heard the news, he organized a coalition, including ²  King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph, 11:2 and the northern kings who ruled in ³  the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, ⁴  the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. 11:3 Canaanites came ⁵  from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area ⁶  of Mizpah. 11:4 These 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. ⁷  11:5 All these kings gathered and joined forces ⁸  at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.

11:6 The 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 ⁹  their chariots.” 11:7 Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. ¹⁰  11:8 The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, ¹¹  Misrephoth Maim, ¹²  and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained. 11:9 Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned ¹³  their chariots.

11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, ¹⁴  and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time ¹⁵  the leader of all these kingdoms. 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword ¹⁶  – no one who breathed remained – and burned ¹⁷  Hazor.