Parallel Verses
Amplified
So all these kings met and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
New American Standard Bible
So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
King James Version
And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Holman Bible
All these kings joined forces; they came together and camped at the waters of Merom to attack Israel.
International Standard Version
After all these kings had gathered together, they went out and camped together at the waters of Merom to fight Israel.
A Conservative Version
And all these kings met together. And they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
American Standard Version
And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And all these kings came together, and put their forces in position at the waters of Merom, to make war on Israel.
Darby Translation
And all these kings met together, and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Julia Smith Translation
And all these kings will meet by appointment, and they will come and will encamp together at the water of Merom, to war with Israel.
King James 2000
And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And all these kings joined forces, and they came and camped together by the waters of Merom to fight with Israel.
Modern King James verseion
And when all these kings had met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And all these kings met together, and came and pitched together upon the water of Merom, for to fight with Israel.
NET Bible
All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel.
New Heart English Bible
All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
The Emphasized Bible
And, when all these kings were gathered together, they came in, and encamped as one man, at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Webster
And when all these kings were met together, they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel.
World English Bible
All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Youngs Literal Translation
and all these kings are met together, and they come and encamp together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.
Themes
Alliances » Evil » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
Canaanites » Defeated by the israelites
Confederacies » Instances of » Of kings
Evil » Alliances » Examples of heathen nations uniting in
Jabin » Names of two kings of hazor
Merom » Joshua conquered the confederacy of kings under jabin, king of hazor, near
Interlinear
Ya`ad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Joshua 11:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Joshua's Conquest Of The North
4 They went out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. 5 So all these kings met and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. 6 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow by this time I am going to hand over all of them slain [by the sword] to Israel; you shall hamstring (disable) their horses and set fire to their chariots.”
Phrases
Cross References
Psalm 3:1
Many are rising up against me.
Psalm 118:10-12
All nations encompassed me;
In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
Isaiah 8:9
“Be broken [in pieces], O peoples, and be shattered!
Listen, all you [our enemies from the] far countries.
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered;
Prepare yourselves [for war], and be shattered.
Revelation 16:14
for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.