Joshua 11:12

And he took and put to the sword and destroyed all the cities round about, and their kings, as Moses the servant of God had commanded him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.

In Context

11And he cut off all the souls that abode there: he left not in it any remains, but utterly destroyed all, and burned the city itself with fire.

13Except the cities that were on hills and high places, the rest Israel burned: only Asor that was very strong he consumed with fire.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:2And the Lord thy God shall have delivered them to thee, thou shalt utterly destroy them. Thou shalt make no league with them, nor shew mercy to them:

Deuteronomy 20:16But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live:

Joshua 8:31As Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the children of Israel, and it is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of unhewn stones which iron had not touched: and he offered upon it holocausts to the Lord, and immolated victims of peace offerings.

Joshua 10:20So the enemies being slain with a great slaughter, and almost utterly consumed, they that were able to escape from Israel, entered into fenced cities.

Joshua 10:30And the Lord delivered it with the king thereof into the hands of Israel: and they destroyed the city with the edge of the sword, and all the inhabitants thereof. They left not in it any remains. And they did to the king of Lebna, as they had done to the king of Jericho.

Joshua 10:35And took it the same day: and put to the sword all the souls that were in it, according to all that he had done to Lachis.

Matthew Henry on Joshua 11:11-15

Joshua's Victories. ( b. c. 1450.) 10 And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. 11 And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. 12 And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as… Read the whole commentary →

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