Joshua 11:9 meaning and explanation
Joshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
Joshua 11:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Joshua has just routed the northern coalition at the waters of Merom, and verse 9 reports that he carried out the instructions God gave him in verse 6. Hamstringing horses and burning chariots was a deliberate act of disabling the military technology that had made Israel's enemies formidable.
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