Joshua 11:9

Joshua 11:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
• New International Version (NIV)Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Context of Joshua 11:9

7Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. 8The 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. Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots. 10At 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. 11They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword – no one who breathed remained – and burned Hazor.

Joshua 11:9 word by word

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לָהֶם֙ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אָֽמַר־ל֖וֹ יְהוָ֑ה אֶת־סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם עִקֵּ֔ר וְאֶת־מַרְכְּבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם שָׂרַ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַyehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛ · JoshuaH3091
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• unto them as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• badeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• him: he houghedעִקֵּר‛âqar · to hamstringH6131
• their horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
• and burntשָׂרַףώâraph · to burnH8313
• their chariotsמֶרְכָּבָהmerkâbâh · chariotH4818
• with fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784

Cross-references for Joshua 11:9

• Joshua 11:6The 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.”
• Ezekiel 39:9“‘Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling – the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears – they will burn them for seven years.

Commentaries on Joshua 11:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9He houghed their horses - The Hebrew word עקר akar, which we render to hough or hamstring, signifies to wound, cut, or lop off. It is very likely that it means here, not only an act by which they were rendered useless, but by which they were destroyed; as God had purposed that his people should not possess any cattle of this kind, that a warlike and enterprising spirit might not be cultivated among them; and that, when obliged to defend themselves and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-16The detailed accounts of Joshua’s campaign in southern Canaan show that the Israelites needed God's help to succeed (chapters 6–10). The same was true for the northern campaign (chapter 11). So those details were not needed here.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91-9. And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things--The scene of the sacred narrative is here shifted to the north of Canaan, where a still more extensive confederacy was formed among the ruling powers to oppose the further progress of the Israelites. Jabin ("the Intelligent"), which seems to have been a hereditary title (Jud 4:2), took the lead, from Hazor being the capital of the northern region (Jos 11:10). It was situated on the…Read the comment

Topics related to Joshua 11:9

• Canaanites
• Horse
• Houghing
• Jabin

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Commentaries on Joshua 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings