Judges 1:25

And when he had shewn them, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but that man and all his kindred they let go:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

24They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

26Who being sent away, went into the land of Hethim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.

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Cross References

Joshua 6:23And the young men went in and brought out Rahab, and her parents, her brethren also and all her goods and her kindred, and made them to stay without the camp.

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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