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Christian Standard Bible ®

Joshua 11:9

Joshua treated them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Canaanites;   Horse;   Houghing;   Jabin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Chariots;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hazor;   Hough;   Jabin;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joshua the son of nun;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fire;   Jabin;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Barak;   Jabin;   Syria;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Conquest of Canaan;   Hamstring;   Hazor;   Hough;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hough;   Israel;   Jabin;   Joshua;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hazor ;   Horse;   Hough, to;   Jabin ;   Merom, Waters of (See Also Jordan, Lake of Huleh);   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ja'bin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Chariot;   Hock;   Jabin;   Joshua, Book of;   Palestine;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
King James Version
And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
English Standard Version
And Joshua did to them just as the Lord said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
New Century Version
Joshua did what the Lord said to do; he crippled their horses and burned their chariots.
New English Translation
Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.
Amplified Bible
Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung (disabled) their horses and set fire to their chariots.
New American Standard Bible
And Joshua did to them just as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioshua did vnto them as the Lorde bade him: he houghed their horses, & burnt their charets with fire.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh had said to him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua did to them what Adonai had ordered — he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Darby Translation
And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua did what the Lord said to do; he cut the legs of their horses and burned their chariots.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him: he utterly destroyed their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
Good News Translation
Joshua did to them what the Lord had commanded: he crippled their horses and burned their chariots.
Literal Translation
And Joshua did to them as Jehovah said to him. He hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then dealte Iosua with them as ye LORDE had saide vnto him, & lamed theis horses, & brent their charettes.
American Standard Version
And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah dyd vnto them as the Lorde bad him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their charettes with fire.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him; he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua did vnto them as the Lord bade him: hee houghed their horses, and burnt their charets with fire.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua did to them, as the Lord commanded him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
English Revised Version
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Berean Standard Bible
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he dide as the Lord comaundide to hym; he hoxide `the horsis of hem, and brente the charis.
Young's Literal Translation
and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire.
Update Bible Version
And Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
World English Bible
Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
New King James Version
So Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
New Living Translation
Then Joshua crippled the horses and burned all the chariots, as the Lord had instructed.
New Life Bible
Joshua did to them as the Lord had told him. He cut the legs of their horses and burned their war-wagons with fire.
New Revised Standard
And Joshua did to them as the Lord commanded him; he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Joshua did unto them, as Yahweh had said unto him, - their horses, he ham-strung, and, their chariots, burned he up with fire.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he did as the Lord had commanded him, he hamstringed their horses and burned their chariots.
Revised Standard Version
And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him; he hamstrung their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Contextual Overview

1When King Jabin of Hazor heard this news, he sent a message to: King Jobab of Madon, the kings of Shimron and Achshaph, 2and the kings of the north in the hill country, the Arabah south of Chinnereth, the Judean foothills, and the Slopes of Dor to the west, 3the Canaanites in the east and west, the Amorites, Hethites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country, and the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah. 4They went out with all their armies—a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore—along with a vast number of horses and chariots. 5All these kings joined forces; they came and camped together at the Waters of Merom to attack Israel. 6The Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for at this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to be killed before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.” 7So Joshua and all his troops surprised them at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. 8The Lord handed them over to Israel, and they struck them down, pursuing them as far as greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and to the east as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors. 9Joshua treated them as the Lord had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he houghed, Joshua 11:6, Ezekiel 39:9, Ezekiel 39:10

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:1 - horses 2 Samuel 8:4 - chariots 1 Chronicles 18:4 - David Psalms 46:9 - burneth Nahum 2:13 - I will burn

Cross-References

Genesis 10:5
From these descendants, the peoples of the coasts and islands spread out into their lands according to their clans in their nations, each with its own language.
Genesis 10:10
His kingdom started with Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Genesis 10:20
These are Ham’s sons by their clans, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
Genesis 10:25
Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg, for during his days the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.
Genesis 11:1
The whole earth had the same language and vocabulary.
Genesis 11:14
Shelah lived 30 years and fathered Eber.
Genesis 11:31
Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they set out together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there.
Genesis 11:32
Terah lived 205 years and died in Haran.
Acts 17:26
From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
1 Corinthians 14:23
If, therefore, the whole church assembles together and all are speaking in other tongues and people who are outsiders or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him,.... Namely, in the following instances:

he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire; not consulting his own worldly interest or that of the people of Israel, but the command of God, which he carefully obeyed, and reserved none for himself or them, as David in another case afterwards did; see 2 Samuel 8:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 11:9. He 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 their country, they might be led to depend upon God for protection and victory. On the same ground, God had forbidden the kings of Israel to multiply horses, Deuteronomy 17:16. See the note there containing the reasons on which this prohibition was founded.

Burnt their chariots — As these could have been of no use without the horses.


 
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