Thomson(i)
1 Now when Jabis, king of Azor, heard this, he sent to Jobab king of Maram, and to the king of Symoon, and to the king of Aziph,
2 and to the kings who bordered on great Sidon, to the hilly country, and to Araba over against Keneroth, and to the plain, and to Phenaeddor,
3 and to the Chananites, on the eastern shore of the sea, and to the Amorites, on the sea shore, and to the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Jebusites, on the mountain, and to the Evites, and to those at the foot of Aermon, to the land of Massuma;
4 and they, and their kings with them, came out like the sand of the sea for multitude, with horses and chariots in great abundance.
5 And when all these kings had assembled, and formed a junction, and encamped at the water of Maron to fight against Israel;
6 the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow, about this time, I will deliver them up vanquished before Israel. Thou shalt hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
7 So Joshua and all the warriors came upon them suddenly, at the water of Maron, and fell upon them in the hilly country:
8 and the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel, and they pursued them with slaughter, to great Sidon, and to Maseron, and to the plains of Massoch, eastward, and hewed them down till there was none of them left alive.
9 And Joshua did to them as the Lord commanded him. Their horses he hamstringed; and their chariots he burned with fire