Joshua 11:6-9

Contemporary English Version

⁶The Lord told Joshua:

Don't let them frighten you! I'll help you defeat them, and by this time tomorrow they will be dead.

When you attack, the first thing you have to do is to cripple their horses. Then after the battle is over,^[a] burn their chariots.

⁷Joshua and his army made a surprise attack against the enemy camp at Merom Pond^[b] ^8-9and crippled the enemies' horses.^[c] Joshua followed the Lord's instructions, and the Lord helped Israel defeat the enemy. The Israelite army even chased enemy soldiers as far as Misrephoth-Maim to the northwest,^[d] the city of Sidon to the north, and Mizpeh Valley to the northeast.^[e] None of the enemy soldiers escaped alive. The Israelites came back after the battle and burned the enemy's chariots.

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Footnotes

11.6 When … over: Or “After the battle is over, cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
11.7 Pond: See the note at 11.4,5.
11.8,9 and crippled the enemies' horses: It is also possible that the Israelites crippled the enemies' horses after the battle at the same time they burned the enemies' chariots; see the note at 11.6.
11.8,9 Misrephoth-Maim … northwest: Or “the town of Misrephoth to the northwest” or “the Misrephoth River.”
11.8,9 northeast: These three areas were 30 to 55 kilometers north of Merom.