He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

Joshua 11:1-23

So Joshua and his whole army came against them suddenly at the Waters of Merom and attacked them, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel. They defeated them and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon, to Misrephoth Maim, and to the Valley of Mizpah on the east, until no survivors were left. Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed them, not sparing anyone that breathed, and he burned Hazor itself. Joshua took all these royal cities and their kings and put them to the sword. He totally destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua, and Joshua did it; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses.

Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. Except for the Hivites living in Gibeon, not one city made a treaty of peace with the Israelites, who took them all in battle. For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The powerful king of Hazor, commanding his vassals, assembles an even more formidable alliance than that of the south. But with no more success. Although the strategic cities were in Israel's hands within a short time of their entry into Canaan, mopping-up operations took a great deal longer.

Why?

Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time. Joshua spent most of his life war against all these kings of Canaanite.

Joshua did as the Lord had commanded Moses, Joshua did Moses had commanded him. The key of success is Joshua obey the word of the Lord, the Lord is the commander of Isreal.

When we subdue to the Lord, God will be our best leader and blesses us more than we thought. Even under the blessing of the Lord, we have to pay our effort to fight for our success. Joshua waged war for a long time.

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這不僅是北方聯軍，除了南方以外都加入了，威脅比過去更大。第10章有神的話，第11章沒有任何神蹟，只有神的一句話。約書亞必須自己去打。神這麼說了，神不會讓自己的吩咐落空，約書亞遵行神的吩咐，因此神也不會讓自己的話落空。

神會在自己以為可靠的地方跌倒。我們引以為傲的，以為比較放心的，千萬不要倚靠這些，不要依靠勢力，不靠車不靠馬。約書亞不是以後就沒有戰爭，但是這次是決定性的戰爭。整個局勢已經在以色列這邊了。

以色列人沒有好的兵器，卻能夠打敗亞納族人及迦南地的人。神要我們透過屬靈的眼光，看見神已經得勝。

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How?

Let the Lord be my leader in my life. It is a secure and the best one than any in the world and be humble to serve the Lord.