12. Joshua captured all these cities and killed all their kings. He completely destroyed everything in these cities—just as Moses, the Lord’S servant, had commanded.
13. But the army of Israel did not burn any cities that were built on hills. The only city built on a hill that they burned was Hazor. This is the city Joshua burned.
14. The Israelites kept for themselves all the things and all the animals they found in the cities. But they killed all the people there. They left no one alive.
15. Long ago the Lord commanded his servant Moses to do this. Then Moses commanded Joshua to do this. So Joshua obeyed God. He did everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.
16. So Joshua defeated all the people in that whole area. He had control over the hill country, the Negev, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, the Jordan Valley, and the mountains of Israel and all the hills near them.
17. Joshua had control of all the land from Mount Halak near Seir to Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all the kings in that land and killed them.
18. Joshua fought against them for many years.