KJV King James Version
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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Joshua 11:9
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
WEB World English Bible
Joshua did to them as Yahweh told him. He hamstrung their horses and burnt their chariots with fire.
ASV American Standard Version
And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire.
Surrounding context — Joshua 11
6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
7 So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
8 And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
9 And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
11 And they smote all the souls that [were] therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying [them]: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, [and] he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
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וַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָהֶם֙H9038 · hemthemיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַH3091 · ye.ho.shu.aJoshuaכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichאָֽמַר־H559 · a.marto sayל֖וֹH9033 · ohimיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]סוּסֵיהֶ֣םH5483 · susswallowעִקֵּ֔רH6131 · a.qarto uprootוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖םH4818 · mer.ka.vahchariotשָׂרַ֥ףH8313 · sa.raphto burnבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ סH784 · eshfire
Cross-references
Joshua 11:6And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.Ezekiel 39:9-10And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:
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