Discovery BoxJoshua 11:1-5 
Context11:1 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.
Joshua 11:10-11
Context11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, 9 and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time 10 the leader of all these kingdoms. 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword 11 – no one who breathed remained – and burned 12 Hazor.
1 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
2 tn Heb “he sent to.”
3 tn Heb “and to the kings who [are] from the north in.”
4 tn Heb “Chinneroth,” a city and plain located in the territory of Naphtali in Galilee (BDB 490 s.v. כִּנֶּרֶת, כִּנֲרוֹת).
sn Kinnereth was a city in Galilee located near the Sea of Galilee (Deut 3:17). The surrounding region also became known by this name (1 Kgs 15:20; cf. Matt 14:34), and eventually even the lake itself (Josh 12:3; cf. Luke 5:1).
5 tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).
6 tn Or “land.”
7 tn Heb “They and all their camps with them came out, a people as numerous as the sand which is on the edge of the sea in multitude, and [with] horses and chariots very numerous.”
8 tn Heb “and came and camped together.”
9 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
10 tn Or “formerly.”
11 tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”
12 tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
