The Battle of the Waters of Merom was fought in 1405 BC between the Israelites and a coalition of Canaanite kingdoms.
After the Israelites defeated the Canaanites of the hill country, the Negev, the lowland, and the slopes, King Jabin I of Hazor sent to King Jobab of Madon, and the kings of Shimron, Achshaph, the northern hill country, the Arabah south of Chinneroth, the lowland, in Naphoth-dor on the west, the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country, and the hivites under Hermon to form a coalition against the invaders. They came out with their great army, "in number like the sand on the seashore", with many horses and chariots, joining forces at the Waters of Merom to fight with Israel. God was said to have told Joshua not to be afraid of the grand army, for he would hand over all of them, slain, to Israel; the Israelites would hamstring the Canaanite horses and burn their chariots with fire. The Israelites attacked them and chased them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the valley of Mizpeh. The Israelites struck down the Canaanites until they had left no one remaining, and Joshua proceeded to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire. Afterwards, Joshua turned back and took Hazor, cutting down its king and putting to the sword all who lived in Canaan's chief city, utterly destroying them and leaving none left to breathe. All the towns of those kings were taken by Joshua, who struck them with the edge of the sword and utterly destroyed them, apart from the cities built on mounds (excepting Hazor).