Joshua 11:6

Thou shalt hough, etc.] To 'hough' or 'hock'=to hamstring a horse. This was done, no doubt, during the battle, to stop the charge. The chariots were destroyed afterwards.

16-23. General retrospect of Joshua's campaigns. This paragraph covers the preceding Chapter s as well as chapter Joshua 11:1. The war, which has been presented to us in graphic sketches following one another in swift succession, is said to have been a 'long' one (Joshua 11:18), and the natural inference from Joshua 14:7 (where see note) is that it lasted seven years.