Bible Strands
Joshua 11:10
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Joshua acts against the northern coalition immediately after executing the Lord’s command to destroy their horses and chariots. He targets Hazor at the precise moment the allied kings have been defeated.
The words — The text highlights וַ/יָּ֨שָׁב (va/i.Ya.shov), literally "and he turned back," and חָצ֔וֹר (cha.Tzor), the city name Hazor. Joshua’s military pivot directly targets this specific location.
The thread — The city first appears as the political center that mobilized the northern kings in Joshua 11:1. It reappears centuries later as the seat of Jabin’s rule in Judges 4:2.
Why it lands — The verse records a strategic conquest driven by Hazor’s former political status, not a theological declaration. The reader must note that military action follows geographic and historical reality.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Joshua 11:1 Now when Jabin king of Hazor heard about these things, he sent word to Jobab king of Madon; to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph;
- Judges 4:2 So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.