Chapter 90
of the children of Israel.
44. So the children of Israel pursued all these kings with their camps, and smote them until there was none left of them, and Joshua did to them as the Lord had spoken to him.
45. And Joshua returned at that time to Chazor and smote it with the sword and destroyed every soul in it, and burned it with fire, and from Chazor, Joshua passed to Shimron and smote it and utterly destroyed it.
46. From there he passed to Achshaph and he did to it as he had done to Shimron.
47. From there he passed to Adulam and he smote all the people in it, and he did to Adulam as he had done to Achshaph and to Shimron.
48. And he passed from them to all the cities of the kings, which he had smitten, and he smote all the people that were left of them and he utterly destroyed them.
49. Only their booty and cattle the Israelites took to themselves as a prey, but every human being they smote, they suffered not a soul to live.
50. As the Lord had commanded Moses so did Joshua and all Israel, they failed not in anything.
51. So Joshua and all the children of Israel smote the whole land of Canaan as the Lord had commanded them, and smote all their kings, being thirty and one kings, and the children of Israel took their whole country,
52. besides the kingdoms of Sihon and Og, which are on the other side Jordan, of which Moses had smitten many cities. Those Moses gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites and to half the tribe of Manasseh.
53. And Joshua smote all the kings that were on this side Jordan to the west, and gave them for an inheritance to the nine tribes and to the half tribe of Israel.
54. For five years did Joshua carry on the war with these kings, and he gave their cities to the Israelites, and the land became tranquil from battle throughout the cities of the Amorites and the Canaanites.
1. AT that time in the fifth year after the children of Israel had passed over Jordan, after the children of Israel had rested from their war with the Canaanites, at that time great and severe battles arose between Edom and the children of Chittim, and the children of Chittim fought against Edom.
2. And king Abianus of Chittim went forth in that year, that is in the thirty first year of his reign, and he had a great force with him of the mighty men of the children of Chittim, and he went to Seir to fight against the children of Esau.
3. And king Hadad of Edom heard of his report, and he went forth to meet him with a heavy people and strong force, and engaged in battle with him in the field of Edom.
4. And the hand of Chittim prevailed over the children of Esau, and the children of Chittim slew of the children of Esau twenty and two thousand men, and all the children of Esau fled from before them.
5. And the children of Chittim pursued them and they reached king Hadad of Edom, who was running before them, and they caught him alive and brought him to king Abianus of Chittim.
6. And Abianus ordered him to be slain, and king Hadad of Edom died in the forty eighth year of his reign.
7. And the children of Chittim continued their pursuit of Edom, and they smote them with a great slaughter, and Edom became subject to the children of Chittim.
8. And the children of Chittim ruled over Edom, and Edom came under the hand of the children of Chittim and they became one kingdom from that day on.
9. And from that time they could no more lift up their heads, and their kingdom became one with the children of Chittim.
10. And Abianus placed officers in Edom and all the children of Edom became subject and tributary to Abianus, and Abianus turned back to his own land, Chittim.
11. And when he returned, he renewed his government and built for himself a spacious and fortified palace for a royal residence, and reigned securely over the children of Chittim and over Edom.
12. In those days, after the children of Israel had driven away all the Canaanites and Amorites, Joshua was old and advanced in years.
13. And the Lord said to Joshua: Thou art old, advanced in life, and a great part of the land remains to be possessed.
14. Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and to half the tribe of Manasseh, and Joshua rose up and did as the Lord had spoken to him.
15. And he divided the whole land between the tribes of Israel as an inheritance, according to their divisions.
16. But to the tribe of Levi he gave no inheritance; the offerings of the Lord are their inheritance as the Lord had spoken of them by means of Moses.
17. And Joshua gave Mount Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephuneh, one portion above his brethren, as the Lord 186 . had spoken through Moses.
18. Therefore Hebron became an inheritance to Caleb and his children unto this day.
19. And Joshua divided the whole land by lots to all Israel for an inheritance, as the Lord had commanded him.
20. And the children of Israel gave cities to the Levites from their own inheritance, and suburbs for their cattle, and property, as the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel, and they divided the land by lots whether great or small.
21. And they went to inherit the land according to their boundaries, and the children of Israel gave to Joshua, the son of Nun, an inheritance amongst them.
22. By the word of the Lord did they give him the city which he required, TimnathSerach in Mount Ephraim, and he built the city and dwelt therein.
23. These are the inheritances that the priest Eleazer and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes portioned out to the children of Israel by lot in Shiloh, before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle, and they left off dividing the land.
24. And the Lord gave the land to the Israelites, and they possessed it as the Lord had spoken to them, and as the Lord had sworn to their ancestors.
25. And the Lord gave the Israelites rest from all their enemies around them, and no man stood up against them, and the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands, and not one thing failed of all the good which the Lord had spoken to the children of Israel, yea the Lord performed everything.
26. And Joshua called all the children of Israel and he blessed them, and commanded them to serve the Lord, and he afterward sent them away, and they went each man to his own city, and each man to his inheritance.
27. And the children of Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and the Lord gave them rest from all around them, and they dwelt securely in their cities.
28. And it came to pass in those days that king Abianus of Chittim died, in the thirty eighth year of his reign, that is the seventh year of his reign over Edom, and they buried him in his place that he had built for himself, and Latinus reigned in his stead fifty years.
29. And during his reign he brought forth an army, and he went and fought against the inhabitants of Britannia and Kernania [probably not the Britannia known to us ], the children of Elisha son of Javan, and he prevailed over them and made them tributary.
30. He then heard that Edom had revolted from under the hand of Chittim, and Latinus went to them and smote them and subdued them, and placed them under the hand of the children of Chittim, and Edom became one kingdom with the children of Chittim all the days.
31. And for many years there was no king in Edom, and their government was with the children of Chittim and their king.
32. And it was in the twenty sixth year after the children of Israel had passed the Jordan, that is the sixty sixth year after the children of Israel had departed from Egypt, that Joshua was old, advanced in years, being one hundred and eight years old in those days.
33. And Joshua called all Israel, their elders, their judges and officers, after the Lord had given to all the Israelites rest from all their enemies round about, and Joshua said to the elders of Israel, and to their judges: Behold, I am old, advanced in years, and you have seen what the Lord has done to all the nations whom He has driven away from before you, for it is the Lord who has fought for you.
34. Now therefore strengthen yourselves to keep and to do all the words of the law of Moses, not to deviate from it to the right or to the left, and not to come amongst those nations who are left in the land; neither shall you make mention of the name of their gods, but you shall cleave to the Lord your God, as you have done to this day.
35. And Joshua greatly exhorted the children of Israel to serve the Lord all their days.
36. And all the Israelites said: We will serve the Lord our God all our days, we and our children, and our children's children, and our seed forever!
37. And Joshua made a covenant with the people on that day, and he sent away the children of Israel, and they went each man to his inheritance and to his city.
38. And it was in those days, when the children of Israel were dwelling securely in their cities, that they buried the coffins of the tribes of their ancestors, which they had brought up from Egypt, each man in the inheritance of his offspring. The children of Israel buried the twelve sons of Jacob, each man in the possession of his children.
39. And these are the names of the cities wherein they buried the twelve sons of Jacob, whom the children of Israel had brought up from Egypt.
40. And they buried Reuben and Gad on this side of the Jordan [at the east ] in Romia, which Moses had given to their children.
41. And they buried Simeon and Levi in the city Mauda, which he had given to the children of Simeon, and the suburb of the city was for the children of Levi.
42. And they buried Judah in the city of Benjamin opposite Bethlehem.
43. And they buried the bones of Issachar and Ze-