6. The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will make them dead before Israel. Hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”
7. So Joshua and all his fighting forces came upon them by surprise at the waters of Merom and fell upon them.
8. The Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivor remained.
9. Joshua did to them as the Lord had said. He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.