Joshua 11:10

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Then Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor previously was the head of all these kingdoms.
Joshua 11:10 · New American Standard Bible

Parallel translations

WEB Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword: for Hazor used to be the head of all those kingdoms.
KJV And 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.
BSB At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
NKJV Joshua turned back at that time and took Hazor, and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor was formerly the head of all those kingdoms.
NLT Joshua then turned back and captured Hazor and killed its king. (Hazor had at one time been the capital of all these kingdoms.)

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Quick answer

Joshua then captures Hazor, the chief of those kingdoms, and kills its king. The head of the coalition is conquered.

Overview

Hazor, the leading city and political center of the north, falls to Israel and its king is slain. Striking the head of the alliance signifies the collapse of organized northern resistance. The fall of so prominent a city again testifies to the LORD's supremacy over the land.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

Judg 4:2Yahweh sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Josh 11:1When Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, to the king of Achshaph,

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)

CANAANITES HAZOR JABIN

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Christ at the center

Joshua — the same name as Jesus, 'the LORD saves' — leads God's people into their inheritance, a shadow of the greater Joshua who brings us into the true rest and the promised land that remains.

How Joshua 11:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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And Joshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַ at that timeעֵת turned backשׁוּב and tookלָכַד Hazorחָצוֹר and smoteנָכָה the kingמֶלֶךְ thereof with the swordחֶרֶב for Hazorחָצוֹר beforetimeפָּנִים was the headרֹאשׁ of all those kingdomsמַמְלָכָה

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