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Joshua 11:9

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And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

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  1. Joshua 11:7

    So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.

  2. Joshua 11:8

    And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.

  3. Joshua 11:10

    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.

  4. Joshua 11:11

    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.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.