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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• ¹⁶{i}But of the cities of these peoples which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,{/i}
¹⁷{i}but 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;{/i} (Deut. 20:16‑17)

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all the country.

Josh. 15:21‑63• ²¹{i}The 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,{/i}
²²{i}and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah,{/i}
²³{i}and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Jithnan,{/i}
²⁴{i}Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,{/i}
²⁵{i}and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-Hezron, that is Hazor,{/i}
²⁶{i}Amam, and Shema, and Molada,{/i}
²⁷{i}and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-Pelet,{/i}
²⁸{i}and Hazar-Shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah;{/i}
²⁹{i}Baalah, and Ijim, and Ezem,{/i}
³⁰{i}and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah,{/i}
³¹{i}and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansanna,{/i}
³²{i}and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities twenty-nine, and their hamlets.{/i}
³³{i}—In the lowland: Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah,{/i}
³⁴{i}and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam,{/i}
³⁵{i}Jarmuth and Adullam, Sochoh and Azekah,{/i}
³⁶{i}and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities and their hamlets.{/i}
³⁷{i}Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-Gad,{/i}
³⁸{i}and Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel,{/i}
³⁹{i}Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon,{/i}
⁴⁰{i}and Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish,{/i}
⁴¹{i}and Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁴²{i}Libna, and Ether, and Ashan,{/i}
⁴³{i}and Jiphthah, and Ashnah, and Nezib,{/i}
⁴⁴{i}and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah: nine cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁴⁵{i}Ekron and its dependent villages and its hamlets.{/i}
⁴⁶{i}From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.{/i}
⁴⁷{i}Ashdod, 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.{/i}
⁴⁸{i}—And in the hill-country: Shamir, and Jattir, and Sochoh,{/i}
⁴⁹{i}and Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, that is, Debir,{/i}
⁵⁰{i}and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,{/i}
⁵¹{i}and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁵²{i}Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan,{/i}
⁵³{i}and Janum, and Beth-Tappuah, and Aphekah,{/i}
⁵⁴{i}and Humtah, and Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron, and Zior: nine cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁵⁵{i}Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,{/i}
⁵⁶{i}and Jizreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah,{/i}
⁵⁷{i}Kain, Gibeah and Timnah: ten cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁵⁸{i}Halhul, Beth-Zur, and Gedor,{/i}
⁵⁹{i}and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon: six cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁶⁰{i}Kirjath-Baal, that is, Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah: two cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁶¹{i}—In the wilderness: Beth-Arabah, Middin, and Secacah,{/i}
⁶²{i}and Nibshan, and Ir-Hammelah, and En-gedi: six cities and their hamlets.{/i}
⁶³{i}But 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.{/i} (Josh. 15:21‑63)

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Josh. 18:21‑28• ²¹{i}And the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were: Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-Keziz,{/i}
²²{i}and Beth-Arabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,{/i}
²³{i}and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,{/i}
²⁴{i}and Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Geba: twelve cities and their hamlets;{/i}
²⁵{i}Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,{/i}
²⁶{i}and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,{/i}
²⁷{i}and Rekem, and Jirpeel, and Tharalah,{/i}
²⁸{i}and 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.{/i} (Josh. 18:21‑28)

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Josh. 19:1‑8,40‑48• ¹{i}And 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.{/i}
²{i}And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,{/i}
³{i}and Hazar-Shual, and Balah, and Ezem,{/i}
⁴{i}and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,{/i}
⁵{i}and Ziklag, and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susah,{/i}
⁶{i}and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and their hamlets;{/i}
⁷{i}Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan: four cities and their hamlets;{/i}
⁸{i}and 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.{/i}
⁴⁰{i}The seventh lot came forth for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.{/i}
⁴¹{i}And the territory of their inheritance was Zoreah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh,{/i}
⁴²{i}and Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jithlah,{/i}
⁴³{i}and Elon, and Timnathah, and Ekron,{/i}
⁴⁴{i}and El-tekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,{/i}
⁴⁵{i}and Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gath-Rimmon,{/i}
⁴⁶{i}and Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against Japho.{/i}
⁴⁷{i}And 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.{/i}
⁴⁸{i}This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities and their hamlets.{/i} (Josh. 19:1‑8,40‑48)

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Josh. 10:35,37• ³⁵{i}And 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.{/i}
³⁷{i}And 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.{/i} (Josh. 10:35,37)

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1 Kings 15:29• ²⁹And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of Jehovah which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: (1 Kings 15:29)

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Psa. 9:17• ¹⁷The wicked shall turn back into Sheol{HR}All [the] Gentiles [that are] forgetful of God. (Psa. 9:17)

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2 Thess. 1:7‑9• ⁷and to you that are troubled rest with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with angels of his power
⁸in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to those that know not God and to those that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;
⁹Who shall pay as penalty 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• ¹⁷{i}And 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.{/i} (Josh. 6:17)

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Josh. 8:2,27• ²{i}And 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{/i}. Lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
²⁷Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of Jehovah which he commanded Joshua. (Josh. 8:2,27)

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Josh. 9:24• ²⁴{i}And 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.{/i} (Josh. 9:24)

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Ex. 23:31‑33• ³¹{i}And 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.{/i}
³²{i}Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.{/i}
³³{i}They 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.{/i} (Ex. 23:31‑33)

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Ex. 34:12• ¹²{i}Take 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;{/i} (Ex. 34:12)

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Deut. 7:2‑16• ²{i}and 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 show mercy unto them.{/i}
³{i}And thou shalt make no marriages with them: thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor take his daughter for thy son;{/i}
⁴{i}for 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.{/i}
⁵{i}But 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.{/i}
⁶{i}For 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.{/i}
⁷{i}Not 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;{/i}
⁸{i}but 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.{/i}
⁹{i}And 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;{/i}
¹⁰{i}and 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.{/i}
¹¹{i}And thou shalt keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command thee this day, to do them.{/i}
¹²{i}And 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;{/i}
¹³{i}and 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.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Thou shalt be blessed above all the peoples; there shall not be male or female barren with thee, or with thy cattle;{/i}
¹⁵{i}and 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.{/i}
¹⁶{i}And 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.{/i} (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 judgments; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
¹⁷Thou has avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: (Deut. 26:16‑17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

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And Joshua smote the whole country, the mountain, and the south, 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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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)