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21 It was at that time that Joshua went and crushed the Anakim[a] from the mountain country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all of the hill country of Judah, and from all of the hill country of Israel. Joshua totally wiped them out along with their cities. 22 No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites. The only ones who survived lived in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. 23 So Joshua conquered the entire land just as the Lord had directed Moses to do. Joshua gave it to Israel following their tribal divisions, and there was a respite from fighting in the land.

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  1. Joshua 11:21 Anakim: these were the people described as giants by the Israelite spies whose reported findings about the Promised Land struck fear into the Israelites. Now they were ready to put aside their fear and pursue the enemy.