17. From Mount Halak to Seir, and as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley under Mount Hermon: All their kings he captured, struck down, and killed.
18. Joshua engaged all those kings in battle for a long time.
19. There was no city that made peace with the children of Israel except the Hivites living in Gibeon. They conquered all of them
20. because the Lord hardened their hearts to engage Israel in battle. They destroyed them without mercy, to put them to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.