Deuteronomy 20:13

And when the LORD your God has delivered it into yours hands, you shall strike every male thereof with the edge of the sword:

Updated King James 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 you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it:

14But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of yours enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.

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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 have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Psalms 110:1The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit you at my right hand, until I make yours enemies your footstool.

2 Thessalonians 1:7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

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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