Judges 1:25

So he made clear to them the way into the town, and they put it to the sword; but they let the man and all his family get away safe.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

In Context

24And the watchers saw a man coming out of the town, and said to him, If you will make clear to us the way into the town, we will be kind to you.

26And he went into the land of the Hittites, building a town there and naming it Luz: which is its name to this day.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:23So the searchers went in and got out Rahab and her father and mother and her brothers and all she had, and they got out all her family; and they took them outside the tents of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Judges 1:22-36

The Israelites Mixed with the Canaanites. ( b. c. 1425.) 21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them. 23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) 24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, show us, we pray thee, the… Read the whole commentary →

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