9. Joshua did to them what the Lord had commanded: he crippled their horses and burnt their chariots.
10. Joshua then turned back, captured Hazor and killed its king. (At that time Hazor was the most powerful of all those kingdoms.)
11. They put everyone there to death; no one was left alive, and the city was burnt.
12. Joshua captured all these cities and their kings, putting everyone to death, just as Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded.
13. However, the Israelites did not burn any of the cities built on mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua did burn.
14. The people of Israel took all the valuables and livestock from these cities and kept them for themselves. But they put every person to death; no one was left alive.
15. The Lord had given his commands to his servant Moses, Moses had given them to Joshua, and Joshua obeyed them. He did everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.
16. Joshua captured all the land — the hill country and foothills, both north and south, all the area of Goshen and the dry country south of it, as well as the Jordan Valley.
17-18. The territory extended from Mount Halak in the south near Edom, as far as Baalgad in the north, in the valley of Lebanon south of Mount Hermon. Joshua was at war with the kings of this territory for a long time, but he captured them all and put them to death.
19. The only city that made peace with the people of Israel was Gibeon, where some of the Hivites lived. All the others were conquered in battle.
20. The Lord had made them determined to fight the Israelites, so that they would be condemned to total destruction and all be killed without mercy. This was what the Lord had commanded Moses.
21. At this time Joshua went and destroyed the race of giants called the Anakim who lived in the hill country — in Hebron, Debir, Anab, and in all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them and their cities.