Joshua 11:1-9

1Then when Jabin king of Hazor heard [of Israel’s other victories] he sent word to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

2and to the kings who were in the north, in the hill country, and in the Arabah [the plain] south of Chinnereth (the Sea of Galilee) and in the lowland and on the hills of Dor on the west;

3to the Canaanite in the east and in the west, and to the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of [Mount] Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

4They went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

5So all these kings met and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.

6Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow by this time I am going to hand over all of them slain [by the sword] to Israel; you shall hamstring (disable) their horses and set fire to their chariots.”

7So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.

8The Lord handed them over to Israel, who struck them and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh; they struck them down until no survivor was left.

9Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung (disabled) their horses and set fire to their chariots.