Discovery BoxJoshua 11:10-14 
Context11:10 At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, 1 and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time 2 the leader of all these kingdoms. 11:11 They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword 3 – no one who breathed remained – and burned 4 Hazor.
11:12 Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, 5 as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded. 11:13 But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, 6 except for Hazor; 7 it was the only one Joshua burned. 11:14 The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people 8 and allowed no one who breathed to live.
1 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
2 tn Or “formerly.”
3 tn Heb “and they struck down all life which was in it with the edge of the sword, annihilating.”
4 tn Heb “burned with fire”; the words “with fire” are redundant in English and have not been included in the translation.
5 tn Heb “and he struck them down with the edge of the sword, he annihilated them.”
6 tn Heb “standing on their mounds.”
7 map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.
8 tn Heb “but all the people they struck down with the edge of the sword until they destroyed them.”
