And Arad the Canaanite king, (he too dwelt in the land of Canaan) having heard when the children of Israel were entering [the land,]

the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

And the children of Jethro the Kenite, the father-in-law of Moses, went up from the City of Palm Trees with the children of Judah, to the wilderness that is in the south of Judah, which is at the descent of Arad, and they dwelt with the people.

And they went up and surveyed the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men go in to Hamath.

And they went up by the wilderness, and departed as far as Hebron; and there [was] Ahiman, Seshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. Now Hebron was built seven years before Tanin of Egypt.

And Amalek and the Canaanite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Herman; and they returned to the camp.

And Sihon the king of Heshbon came forth to meet us, he and all his people to war at Jahaz.

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six men, and they pursued them from the gate, and destroyed them from the steep hill; and the heart of the people was alarmed and became as water.

And there was no city which Israel did not take; they took them all in war.

For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts to go forth to war against Israel, that they might be utterly destroyed, that mercy should not be granted to them, but that they should be utterly destroyed, as the Lord said to Moses.

For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You were well pleased with them.

You are indeed my King and my God, who commanded deliverance for Jacob.