19 There was no city that made peace with the Israelites except the Hiʹvites inhabiting Gibʹe·on.+ They conquered all the others by war.+ 20 It was Jehovah who allowed their hearts to become stubborn+ so that they waged war against Israel, in order for him to devote them to destruction without any favorable consideration.+ They were to be annihilated, just as Jehovah had commanded Moses.+

21 A king’s heart is like streams of water in Jehovah’s hand.+

He directs it wherever He pleases.+