Deuteronomy 20:13

And when LORD thy God delivers it into thy hand, thou shall smite every male of it with the edge of the sword,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

In Context

12And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shall besiege it.

14but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, thou shall take for a prey to thyself. And thou shall eat the spoil of thine enemies, which LORD thy God has given thee.

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Cross References

Numbers 31:17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him.

Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Psalms 110:1LORD says to my lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 Thessalonians 1:7and relief with us, to you who are restricted, at the revealing of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his agents of power

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 20:11-20

Proclamations of War; Directions Concerning War. ( b. c. 1451.) 10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. 11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: 13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou… Read the whole commentary →

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