Joshua 24:12
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And I sent before you and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow,

I sent

Exodus 23:28 Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in.

Deuteronomy 7:20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send also hornets among them, until he destroy and consume all that have escaped thee, and could hide themselves.

not

Psalm 44:3-6 Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out. . . .

Context
Joshua Reviews Israel's History
11And you passed over the Jordan, and you came to Jericho. And the men of that city fought against you, the Amorrhite, and the Pherezite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Gergesite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite: and I delivered them into your hands. 12And I sent before you and I drove them out from their places, the two kings of the Amorrhites, not with thy sword nor with thy bow,13And I gave you a land, in which you had not laboured, and cities to dwell in which you built not, vineyards and oliveyards, which you planted not.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:28
Sending out hornets before, that shall drive away the Hevite, and the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, before thou come in.

Exodus 23:31
And I will set thy bounds from the Red Sea to the sea of the Palestines, and from the desert to the river: I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hands, and will drive them out from before you.

Deuteronomy 7:20
Moreover the Lord thy God will send also hornets among them, until he destroy and consume all that have escaped thee, and could hide themselves.

Psalm 44:3
Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.

Psalm 80:9
Thou wast the guide of its journey in its sight: thou plantedst the roots thereof, and it filled the land.

Lexicon
I sent
וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח (wā·’eš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

the hornet
הַצִּרְעָ֔ה (haṣ·ṣir·‘āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6880: Hornets

ahead of you,
לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

and it drove out
וַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁ (wat·tə·ḡā·reš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

the two
שְׁנֵ֖י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

Amorite
הָאֱמֹרִ֑י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

kings
מַלְכֵ֣י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

before you,
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

[but] not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

by your own sword
בְחַרְבְּךָ֖ (ḇə·ḥar·bə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or bow.
בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃ (ḇə·qaš·te·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris


Additional Translations
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with your sword, nor with your bow.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And he sent forth the hornet before you; and he drove them out from before you, even twelve kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, [as] the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence -- two kings of the Amorite -- not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.
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