Joshua 11:20 meaning and explanation
For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Joshua 11:20, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse closes the account of Joshua's northern campaign, after the kings gathered at the waters of Merom and were defeated. The narrator looks back and says the LORD himself hardened those kings' hearts so they would fight Israel and be devoted to destruction, as he had commanded Moses.
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