5. All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
6. The Lord told Joshua, “Don’t be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”
7. Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them.
8. The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained.
9. Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
10. At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms.
11. They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword – no one who breathed remained – and burned Hazor.
12. Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded.
13. But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned.
14. The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live.