“So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.”
Joshua's night march — So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them by the Waters of Merom suddenly (בְתַתְיָם, 'in an ambush' or 'suddenly'). Joshua employs the same surprise tactics used at Gibeon. The night march and sudden assault break the Canaanite coordination before their numerical advantage can be fully deployed. Speed and surprise compensate for numerical inferiority.
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