◄ Joshua 11:7 ►
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Good News Translation
So Joshua and all his men attacked them by surprise at Merom Brook.

New Revised Standard Version
So Joshua came suddenly upon them with all his fighting force, by the waters of Merom, and fell upon them.

Contemporary English Version
Joshua and his army made a surprise attack against the enemy camp at Merom Pond

New American Bible
Joshua with his whole army came upon them suddenly at the waters of Merom and fell upon them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Joshua came, and all the army with him, against them to the waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Joshua came, and all the army with him, against them to the waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them.

suddenly

Joshua 10:9 So Joshua going up from Galgal all the night, came upon them suddenly.

1 Thessalonians 5:2,3 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord shall so come as a thief in the night. . . .

Context
Conquest of the Northern Cities
…6And the Lord said to Joshua: Fear them not: for to morrow at this same hour I will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of Israel: thou shalt hamstring their horses, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire. 7And Joshua came, and all the army with him, against them to the waters of Merom on a sudden, and fell upon them.8And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they defeated them, and chased them as far as the great Sidon and the waters of Maserophot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east thereof. He slew them all, so as to leave no remains of them:…
Cross References
Joshua 11:6
And the Lord said to Joshua: Fear them not: for to morrow at this same hour I will deliver all these to be slain in the sight of Israel: thou shalt hamstring their horses, and thou shalt burn their chariots with fire.

Joshua 11:8
And the Lord delivered them into the hands of Israel. And they defeated them, and chased them as far as the great Sidon and the waters of Maserophot, and the field of Masphe, which is on the east thereof. He slew them all, so as to leave no remains of them:

Joshua 11:6
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