“And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth–maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.”
[continued] Joshua struck them until he left no survivors (וְלֹא־הִשְׁאִיר לָהֶם שָׂרִיד). The formula 'left no survivors' repeats the pattern of the southern campaign. The northern coalition's vast numbers provide no salvation; their military technology (horses and chariots) proves useless in the sudden night assault. The LORD's promise of verse 6 is fulfilled—'all of them slain' before Israel.
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