6. Then the lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will hand all of them over to Israel as dead men. Then you must cripple their horses and burn their chariots.”
7. So Joshua and all his fighting men traveled to the water near Merom and attacked suddenly.
8. And the lord gave them victory over their enemies. The Israelites chased them as far as Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward into the valley of Mizpah, until not one enemy warrior was left alive.
9. Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the lord had instructed.
10. Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.)
11. The Israelites completely destroyed every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.
12. Joshua slaughtered all the other kings and their people, completely destroying them, just as Moses, the servant of the lord, had commanded.