Jos 11:20 | HCSB | STEP | For it was the Lord ’s intention to harden their hearts , so that they would engage Israel in battle , be completely destroyed without mercy , and be annihilated , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .

Joshua 11:20

20 For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.