KJV King James Version
[Even] from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Joshua 11:17
[Even] from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and struck them down, putting them to death.
WEB World English Bible
from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.
ASV American Standard Version
from mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
from the mount of Halak, which is going up to Seir, and unto Baal-Gad, in the valley of Lebanon, under mount Hermon; and all their kings he hath captured, and he smiteth them, and putteth them to death.
Surrounding context — Joshua 11
14 And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
15 As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
16 So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
17 [Even] from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
18 Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
19 There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all [other] they took in battle.
20 For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, [and] that they might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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מִן־H4480 · minfromהָהָ֤רH2022 · harmountain: mountהֶֽחָלָק֙H2510 · cha.laq(Mount) Halakהָעוֹלֶ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשֵׂעִ֔ירH8165 · se.irSeirוְעַד־H5704 · adtillבַּ֤עַלH1171 · ba.al gadBaal-gadגָּד֙H1171 · ba.al gadBaal-gadבְּבִקְעַ֣תH1237 · biq.ahValley (of Jericho)הַלְּבָנ֔וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonתַּ֖חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underהַר־H2022 · harmountain: mountחֶרְמ֑וֹןH2768 · cher.mon(Mount) Hermonוְאֵ֤תH853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallמַלְכֵיהֶם֙H4428 · me.lekhkingלָכַ֔דH3920 · la.khadto captureוַיַּכֵּ֖םH5221 · na.khahto smiteוַיְמִיתֵֽם׃H4191 · mutto die
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 7:24And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.Joshua 11:3[And to] the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and [to] the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and [to] the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.Joshua 13:5And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.Deuteronomy 2:1Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.Joshua 1:4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.Joshua 12:7-24And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;Deuteronomy 33:2And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand [went] a fiery law for them.Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
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