There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: they took all in battle.
"There has never been a greater war for a greater cause. The battle of Waterloo decided the fate of Europe, but this series of contests in far-off Canaan decided the fate of the world." [Note: Henry T. Sell, Bible Study by Periods, p. 83.] 