Joshua 11:1-3

Expanded Bible

Defeating Northern Kings

11 When Jabin king of Hazor [^Cthe largest and best fortified of the Canaanite cities] heard about all that had happened, he sent messages to Jobab king of Madon, to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Acshaph. ² He sent messages to the kings in the northern ·mountains [hill country] and also to the kings in the ·Jordan Valley [or Arabah] south of ·Lake Galilee [^LKinnereth] and in the ·western foothills [lowlands; ^LShephelah]. He sent a message to the king of ·Naphoth [or the heights of] Dor in the west [^Cthe coastal plain south of Mount Carmel] ³ and to the kings of the Canaanites in the east and in the west. He sent messages to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the ·mountains [hill country]. Jabin also sent one to the Hivites, who lived below Mount Hermon in the area of Mizpah [^Ca coalition of the northern cities of Palestine].