King James Version
Joshua 11:9 in the King James Version says “And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.”
Joshua 11:9 · KJV
So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
And 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. great Zidon: or, Zidonrabbah Misrephothmaim: or, Salt pits: Heb. Burnings of waters
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
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.
And 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. any: Heb. any breath
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who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“unto them as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“him he houghed”
H6131to pluck up (especially by the roots); specifically, to hamstring; figuratively, to exterminate
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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