Joshua 11:9
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.In other versions
And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
ASV
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.
BBE
And Joshua did to them as Jehovah had said to him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.
DBY
Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
WEB
and Joshua doth to them as Jehovah said to him; their horses he hath houghed, and their chariots burnt with fire.
YLT
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he cut the hamstrings of their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
ENG
And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
WBT
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
BSB
In context
7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
8And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
9And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
10And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
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