7. Joshua and all his troops arrived suddenly at the Springs of Merom and attacked the Canaanite armies.
8. The Lord handed them over to Israel, and the Israelites defeated them. The Israelites chased them as far as Great Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the valley of Mizpah in the east. There were no survivors.
9. Joshua disabled their horses and burned their chariots, as the Lord had told him.
10. Then Joshua turned back and captured Hazor. He killed its king with a sword. (Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.)
11. They claimed everyone for the Lord by destroying them with swords. Not one person survived. Joshua also burned Hazor.
12. So Joshua captured all these cities and their kings. He claimed them for the Lord by destroying them, as the Lord’s servant Moses had commanded him.
13. Israel did not burn cities built on mounds. However, Joshua made an exception and burned Hazor.
14. The people of Israel took all the loot and livestock from these cities. But they put everyone to death until they were all destroyed. Not one person survived.
15. So Joshua carried out what the Lord had commanded his servant Moses and what Moses had commanded him. He did not leave out anything the Lord had commanded Moses.
16. Joshua took all this land, the mountains, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the foothills, the plains, and the mountains and foothills of Israel.
17. The land extended from Mount Halak which ascends to Seir as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and killed them.
18. Joshua waged war with all these kings for a long time.