KJV King James Version
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.
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Joshua 11:19
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
WEB World English Bible
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, except the Hivites, the inhabitants of Gibeon. They took all in battle.
ASV American Standard Version
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
there hath not been a city which made peace with the sons of Israel save the Hivite, inhabitants of Gibeon; the whole they have taken in battle;
Surrounding context — Joshua 11
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.
21 And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained.
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לֹֽא־H3808 · lonotהָיְתָ֣הH1961 · ha.yahto beעִ֗ירH5892 · irexcitementאֲשֶׁ֤רH834 · a.sherwhichהִשְׁלִ֙ימָה֙H7999 · sa.lemto completeאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelבִּלְתִּ֥יH1115 · bil.tilestהַחִוִּ֖יH2340 · chiv.viHiviteיֹשְׁבֵ֣יH3427 · ya.shavto dwellגִבְע֑וֹןH1391 · giv.onGibeonאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַכֹּ֖לH3605 · kolallלָקְח֥וּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeבַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃H4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle
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