1. When the news of Israel's victories reached King Jabin of Hazor, he sent word to King Jobab of Madon, to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph,
2. and to the kings in the hill country in the north, in the Jordan Valley south of Lake Galilee, in the foothills, and on the coast near Dor.
3. He also sent word to the Canaanites on both sides of the Jordan, to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, and the Jebusites in the hill country, as well as to the Hivites who lived at the foot of Mount Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
4. They came with all their soldiers — an army with as many men as there are grains of sand on the seashore. They also had many horses and chariots.
5. All these kings joined forces and came together and set up camp at Merom Brook to fight against Israel.
6. The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will have killed all of them for Israel. You are to cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
7. So Joshua and all his men attacked them by surprise at Merom Brook.
8. The Lord gave the Israelites victory over them; the Israelites attacked and pursued them as far north as Misrephoth Maim and Sidon, and as far east as the valley of Mizpah. The fight continued until none of the enemy was left alive.
9. Joshua did to them what the Lord had commanded: he crippled their horses and burnt their chariots.
10. Joshua then turned back, captured Hazor and killed its king. (At that time Hazor was the most powerful of all those kingdoms.)
11. They put everyone there to death; no one was left alive, and the city was burnt.
12. Joshua captured all these cities and their kings, putting everyone to death, just as Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded.