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Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him, - their horses, he ham-strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaanites;   Horse;   Houghing;   Jabin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Chariots;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hazor;   Hough;   Jabin;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Jabin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Barak;   Jabin;   Syria;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Conquest of Canaan;   Hamstring;   Hazor;   Hough;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hough;   Israel;   Jabin;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hazor ;   Horse;   Hough, to;   Jabin ;   Merom, Waters of (See Also Jordan, Lake of Huleh);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'bin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chariot;   Hock;   Jabin;   Joshua, Book of;   Palestine;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Joshua treated them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
King James Version
And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
English Standard Version
And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
New Century Version
Joshua did what the Lord said to do; he crippled their horses and burned their chariots.
New English Translation
Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
Amplified Bible
Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung (disabled) their horses and set fire to their chariots.
New American Standard Bible
And Joshua did to them just as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioshua did vnto them as the Lorde bade him: he houghed their horses, & burnt their charets with fire.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh had said to him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua did to them what Adonai had ordered — he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Darby Translation
And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua did what the Lord said to do; he cut the legs of their horses and burned their chariots.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him: he utterly destroyed their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Good News Translation
Joshua did to them what the Lord had commanded: he crippled their horses and burned their chariots.
Literal Translation
And Joshua did to them as Jehovah said to him. He hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then dealte Iosua with them as ye LORDE had saide vnto him, & lamed theis horses, & brent their charettes.
American Standard Version
And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah dyd vnto them as the Lorde bad him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their charettes with fire.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him; he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua did vnto them as the Lord bade him: hee houghed their horses, and burnt their charets with fire.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua did to them, as the Lord commanded him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
English Revised Version
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Berean Standard Bible
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he dide as the Lord comaundide to hym; he hoxide `the horsis of hem, and brente the charis.
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.
Update Bible Version
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
World English Bible
Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
New King James Version
So Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
New Living Translation
Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the Lord had instructed.
New Life Bible
Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him. He cut the legs of their horses and burned their war-wagons with fire.
New Revised Standard
And Joshua did to them as the Lord commanded him; he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did as the Lord had commanded him, he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots.
Revised Standard Version
And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him; he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Contextual Overview

1 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor heard, that he sent unto Jobab king of Madon, and unto the king of Shimron, and unto the king of Achshaph; 2 and unto the kings who were on the north in the hill country and in the waste plain south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, - and in the heights of Dor, on the west: 3 the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite and the Jebusite, in the hill country, - and the Hivite, under Hermon, in the land of Mizpah; 4 and they came out - they, and all their hosts with them, much people, like the sand that is upon the seashore for multitude, - with horses and chariots very many. 5 And, when all these kings were gathered together, they came in, and encamped as one man, at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. 6 Then said Yahweh unto Joshua - Do not fear because of them, for, to-morrow, about this time, am I going to deliver up all of them, slain, before Israel, - their horses, shalt thou ham-string, and, their chariots, shalt thou burn up with fire. 7 So Joshua, and all the army with him, came in upon them, by the waters of Merom, suddenly, and fell upon them. 8 And Yahweh delivered them up into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them as far as great Zidon, and as far as Misrephoth-maim, and as far as the valley of Mizpeh, eastward, - yea they smote them until they left them not a survivor. 9 And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him, - their horses, he ham-strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he houghed, Joshua 11:6, Ezekiel 39:9, Ezekiel 39:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:1 - horses 2 Samuel 8:4 - chariots 1 Chronicles 18:4 - David Psalms 46:9 - burneth Nahum 2:13 - I will burn

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
From these, were dispersed the inhabitants of the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue, by their families in their nations.
Genesis 10:10
So the beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel, and Erech, and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:20
These, are the sons of Ham, by their families by their tongues, in their lands in their nations.
Genesis 10:25
And to Eber, were born two sons, - the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days, was the earth divided, and the name of his brother was Joktan.
Genesis 11:1
So it came to pass that, all the earth, was of one manner of speech, - and of one stock of words.
Genesis 11:14
And, Shelah, lived thirty years, - and begat Eber;
Genesis 11:31
And Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, wife of Abram his son, - and came forth with them out of Ur of the Chaldees, that they might go their way towards the land of Canaan, and they came in as far as Haran and dwelt there.
Genesis 11:32
And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, - and Terah died in Haran.
Acts 17:26
he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,
1 Corinthians 14:23
If, then, the whole assembly come together with one consent, and, all, are speaking with tongues, - and there come in persons unskilled or unbelieving, will they not say that ye are raving?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him,.... Namely, in the following instances:

he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire; not consulting his own worldly interest or that of the people of Israel, but the command of God, which he carefully obeyed, and reserved none for himself or them, as David in another case afterwards did; see 2 Samuel 8:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 11:9. He houghed their horses — The Hebrew word עקר akar, which we render to hough or hamstring, signifies to wound, cut, or lop off. It is very likely that it means here, not only an act by which they were rendered useless, but by which they were destroyed; as God had purposed that his people should not possess any cattle of this kind, that a warlike and enterprising spirit might not be cultivated among them; and that, when obliged to defend themselves and their country, they might be led to depend upon God for protection and victory. On the same ground, God had forbidden the kings of Israel to multiply horses, Deuteronomy 17:16. See the note there containing the reasons on which this prohibition was founded.

Burnt their chariots — As these could have been of no use without the horses.


 
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