1 Then Yahoshua spoke this song, on the day that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had given the Amorites into the hand of Yahoshua and the children of Yisra’ĕl, and he said in the sight of all Yisra’ĕl,
2 “You have done mightily, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
You have performed great deeds!
Who is like You?
My lips shall sing to Your Name.
3 “My goodness and my fortress, my high tower,
I will sing a new song to You.
With thanksgiving I will sing to You,
You are the strength of my salvation.
4 “All the sovereigns of the earth shall praise You,
The princes of the world shall sing to You,
The children of Yisra’ĕl shall rejoice in Your salvation.
They shall sing and praise Your power.
5 “To You, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, did we confide,
We said, ‘You are our Elohim,
For You are our shelter and strong tower against our enemies.’
6 “To You we cried and were not ashamed,
In You we trusted and were delivered.
When we cried to You, You heard our voice,
You delivered our beings from the sword,
You showed to us Your favour,
You gave to us Your salvation,
You rejoiced our hearts with Your strength.
7 “You went forth for our salvation,
With Your arm You redeemed Your people.
You answered us from the shamayim of Your qodeshah,
You saved us from ten thousands of people.
8 “The sun and moon stood still in the shamayim,
And You stood in Your wrath against our oppressors and commanded Your Right-Rulings over them.
9 “All the princes of the earth stood up,
The sovereigns of the nations had gathered themselves together,
They were not moved at Your presence, they desired Your battles.
10 “You rose against them in Your wrath,
And brought down Your wrath upon them,
You destroyed them in Your wrath, and cut them off in Your heart.
11 “Nations have been consumed with Your fury,
Reigns have declined because of Your wrath,
You crushed sovereigns in the day of Your wrath.
12 “You poured out Your fury upon them,
Your burning displeasure took hold of them.
You turned their iniquity upon them, and cut them off in their wickedness.
13 “They spread a trap, they fell therein,
In the net they hid, their foot was caught.
14 “Your hand was ready for all Your enemies who said,
Through their sword they possessed the land,
Through their arm they dwelt in the city.
You filled their faces with shame,
You brought their horns down to the ground,
You frightened them in Your rage, and destroyed them in Your wrath.
15 “The earth trembled and shook at the sound of Your storm over them,
You did not withhold their beings from death, and brought down their lives to the grave.
16 “You pursued them in Your storm,
You consumed them in Your whirlwind,
You turned their rain into hail,
They fell in deep pits so that they could not rise.
17 “Their carcasses were like rubbish cast out in the middle of the streets.
18 “They were consumed and destroyed in Your wrath,
You saved Your people with Your might.
19 “Therefore our hearts rejoice in You,
Our beings exalt in Your salvation.
20 “Our tongues shall relate Your might,
We will sing and praise Your wondrous works.
21 “For You saved us from our enemies,
You delivered us from those who rose up against us,
You destroyed them from before us and crushed them beneath our feet.
22 “Thus shall all Your enemies perish O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,
And the wicked shall be like chaff driven by the wind,
And Your beloved shall be like trees planted by the waters.”
23 So Yahoshua and all Yisra’ĕl with him returned to the camp in Gilgal, after having smitten all the sovereigns, so that not a remnant was left of them.
24 And the five sovereigns fled alone on foot from battle, and hid themselves in a cave, and Yahoshua sought for them in the field of battle, but did not find them.
25 And afterward it was told to Yahoshua, saying, “The sovereigns are found and see, they are hidden in a cave.”
26 And Yahoshua said, “Appoint men to be at the mouth of the cave, to guard them, lest they take themselves away.” And the children of Yisra’ĕl did so.
27 And Yahoshua called to all Yisra’ĕl and said to the officers of battle, “Place your feet upon the necks of these sovereigns.” And Yahoshua said, “So shall 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 do to all your enemies.”
28 And afterward Yahoshua commanded that they should slay the sovereigns and cast them into the cave, and to put great stones at the mouth of the cave.
29 And afterward Yahoshua went with all the people that were with him on that day to Maqqĕḏah, and he smote it with the edge of the sword.
30 And he utterly destroyed the beings and all belonging to the city, and he did to the sovereign and people of there as he had done to Yeriḥo.
31 And he passed from there to Liḇnah and he fought against it, and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 delivered it into his hand. And Yahoshua smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the beings of there, and he did to it and to the sovereign of there as he had done to Yeriḥo.
32 And from there he passed on to Laḵish to fight against it, and Horam sovereign of Gaza went up to assist the men of Laḵish, and Yahoshua smote him and his people until there was none left to him.
33 And Yahoshua took Laḵish and all the people of there, and he did to it as he had done to Liḇnah.
34 And Yahoshua passed from there to Eḡlon, and he took that also, and he smote it and all the people of there with the edge of the sword.
35 And from there he passed to Ḥeḇron and fought against it and took it and utterly destroyed it. And he returned from there with all Yisra’ĕl to Deḇir and fought against it and smote it with the edge of the sword.
36 And he destroyed every being in it, he left none remaining, and he did to it and the sovereign of there as he had done to Yeriḥo.
37 And Yahoshua smote all the sovereigns of the Amorites from Qaḏĕsh Barnĕa to Azzah, and he took their country at once, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had fought for Yisra’ĕl.
38 And Yahoshua with all Yisra’ĕl came to the camp to Gilgal.
39 When at that time Yaḇin sovereign of Ḥatsor heard all that Yahoshua had done to the sovereigns of the Yaḇin sent to Yoḇath of Miḏyan, and to Laḇan of Shimron, to Yephal sovereign of Aḵshaph, and to all the sovereigns of the Amorites, saying,
40 “Come quickly to us and help us, that we may smite the children of Yisra’ĕl, before they come upon us and do to us as they have done to the other sovereigns of the Amorites.”
41 And all these sovereigns listened to the words of Yaḇin, sovereign of Ḥatsor, and they went out with all their camps, seventeen sovereigns, and their people were as numerous as the sand on the sea shore, together with horses and chariots innumerable, and they came and camped together at the waters of Mĕrom, and they were met together to fight against Yisra’ĕl.
42 And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 said to Yahoshua, “Do not fear them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver them up all slain before you, you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”
43 And Yahoshua with all the men of battle came suddenly upon them and smote them, and they fell into their hands, for 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had delivered them into the hands of the children of Yisra’ĕl.
44 So the children of Yisra’ĕl pursued all these sovereigns with their camps, and smote them until there was none of them left, and Yahoshua did to them as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had spoken to him.
45 And at that time Yahoshua returned to Ḥatsor and smote it with the sword and destroyed every being in it and burned it with fire. And from Ḥatsor, Yahoshua passed over to Shimron and smote it and utterly destroyed it.
46 From there he passed over to Aḵshaph and he did to it as he had done to Shimron.
47 From there he passed to Aḏullam and he smote all the people in it, and he did to Aḏullam as he had done to Aḵshaph and to Shimron.
48 And he passed from them to all the cities of the sovereigns which he had smitten, and he smote all the people that were left of them and he utterly destroyed them.
49 Only their plunder and cattle the Yisra’ĕlites took for themselves as booty, but every human being they smote, they did not allow a being to live.
50 As 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had commanded Mosheh so Yahoshua did and all Yisra’ĕl, they did not fail in any word.
51 So Yahoshua and all the children of Yisra’ĕl smote the whole land of Kena’an as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had commanded them, and smote all their sovereigns – being thirty-one sovereigns. And the children of Yisra’ĕl took their whole country,
52 besides the reigns of Siḥon and Oḡ which are on the other side of the Yardĕn, of which Mosheh had smitten many cities. And Mosheh gave them to the Re’uḇĕnites and the Gaḏites and to half the tribe of Menashsheh.
53 And Yahoshua smote all the sovereigns that were on this side of Yardĕn to the west, and gave them for an inheritance to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Yisra’ĕl.
54 For five years Yahoshua continued the battle with these sovereigns, and he gave their cities to the Yisra’ĕlites, and the land had peace from battle throughout the cities of the Amorites and the Kena’anites.