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So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commandedq.

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Deut. 20:16‑17• ¹⁶But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,
¹⁷but shalt utterly devote them to destruction, the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee; (Deut. 20:16‑17)

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all the country.

Josh. 15:21‑63• ²¹The cities at the extremity of the tribe of the children of Judah, toward the border of Edom in the south, were: Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
²²and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,
²³and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan,
²⁴Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
²⁵and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-Hezron, that is Hazor,
²⁶Amam, and Shema, and Molada,
²⁷and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Pelet,
²⁸and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;
²⁹Baalah, and Ijim, and Ezem,
³⁰and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,
³¹and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansanna,
³²and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets.
³³--In the lowland: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,
³⁴and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,
³⁵Jarmuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah,
³⁶and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets.
³⁷Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,
³⁸and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,
³⁹Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,
⁴⁰and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish,
⁴¹and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.
⁴²Libna, and Ether, and Ashan,
⁴³and Jiphthah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,
⁴⁴and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets.
⁴⁵Ekron and its dependent villages and its hamlets.
⁴⁶From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.
⁴⁷Ashdod, its dependent villages and its hamlets; Gazah, its dependent villages and its hamlets, as far as the torrent of Egypt, and the great sea and its coast.
⁴⁸--And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,
⁴⁹and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir,
⁵⁰and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
⁵¹and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.
⁵²Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,
⁵³and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,
⁵⁴and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.
⁵⁵Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,
⁵⁶and Jizreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,
⁵⁷Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets.
⁵⁸Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,
⁵⁹and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets.
⁶⁰Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.
⁶¹--In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
⁶²and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.
⁶³But as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not dispossess them; and the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day. (Josh. 15:21‑63)

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Josh. 18:21‑28• ²¹And the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were: Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-Keziz,
²²and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
²³and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
²⁴and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;
²⁵Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
²⁶and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
²⁷and Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah,
²⁸and Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, that is, Jerusalem, Gibeah, Kirjath: fourteen cities and their hamlets. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. (Josh. 18:21‑28)

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Josh. 19:1‑8,40‑48• ¹And the second lot came forth to Simeon, for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families; and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.
²And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,
³and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Ezem,
⁴and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,
⁵and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,
⁶and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their hamlets;
⁷Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their hamlets;
⁸and all the hamlets that are round these cities to Baalath-beer, that is Ramah of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.
⁴⁰The seventh lot came forth for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
⁴¹And the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,
⁴²and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jithlah,
⁴³and Elon, and Timnathah, and Ekron,
⁴⁴and El-tekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,
⁴⁵and Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gath-Rimmon,
⁴⁶and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Japho.
⁴⁷And the border of the children of Dan ended with these; and the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and took possession of it, and dwelt in it, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
⁴⁸This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities and their hamlets. (Josh. 19:1‑8,40‑48)

utterly.

Josh. 10:35,37• ³⁵And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed on that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
³⁷And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein: he let none remain, according to all that he had done to Eglon; and he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein. (Josh. 10:35,37)

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1 Kings 15:29• ²⁹And it came to pass when he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left to Jeroboam none that breathed; until he had destroyed him, according to the word of Jehovah which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite, (1 Kings 15:29)

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Psa. 9:17• ¹⁷The wicked shall be turned into Sheol, all the nations that forget God. (Psa. 9:17)

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2 Thess. 1:7‑9• ⁷and to you that are troubled repose with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with the angels of his power,
⁸in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who know not God, and those who do not obey the glad tidings of our Lord Jesus Christ;
⁹who shall pay the penalty of everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his might, (2 Thess. 1:7‑9)

as the Lord.

Josh. 6:17• ¹⁷And the city shall be accursed, it and all that is in it, to Jehovah; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. (Josh. 6:17)

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Josh. 8:2,27• ²And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take as prey for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.
²⁷Only, the cattle and the spoil of the city Israel took as prey to themselves, according to the word of Jehovah which he had commanded Joshua. (Josh. 8:2,27)

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Josh. 9:24• ²⁴And they answered Joshua and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and did this thing. (Josh. 9:24)

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Ex. 23:31‑33• ³¹And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto the river; for I will give the inhabitants of the land into your hand, that thou mayest dispossess them from before thee.
³²Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
³³They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me; for if thou serve their gods, it is sure to be a snare unto thee. (Ex. 23:31‑33)

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Ex. 34:12• ¹²Take heed to thyself, that thou make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which thou shalt come, lest it be a snare in the midst of thee; (Ex. 34:12)

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Deut. 7:2‑16• ²and when Jehovah thy God shall give them up before thee and thou shalt smite them, then shalt thou utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.
³And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;
⁴for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
⁵But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs, and burn their graven images with fire.
⁶For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
⁸but because Jehovah loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a powerful hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
⁹And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful *God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that love him and keep his commandments;
¹⁰and repayeth them that hate him each to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
¹¹And thou shalt keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.
¹²And it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Jehovah thy God will keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he swore unto thy fathers;
¹³and he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee, and will bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and thy new wine, and thine oil, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep, in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give thee.
¹⁴Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;
¹⁵and Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness, and none of the evil infirmities of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee; but he will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
¹⁶And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God will give up unto thee; thine eye shall not spare them, and thou shalt not serve their gods; for that would be a snare unto thee. (Deut. 7:2‑16)

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Deut. 26:16‑17• ¹⁶This day Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
¹⁷Thou hast this day accepted Jehovah to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and to hearken unto his voice; (Deut. 26:16‑17)

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And Joshua smote the whole country, the mountaina, and the southb, and the lowland, and the hill-slopes, and all their kings: he let none remain, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded.

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Or "hill-country"; and so chs. 11.16,21; 12.8; 18.12; 21.11.

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It appears that the border land between the country that was afterwards allotted to Judah, and the wilderness, was called Negeb, which means "the South." See Gen. 12.9.