Joshua 10:20
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And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
In other translations
And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities.So Joshua and the Israelites continued to inflict a terrible slaughter until they had finished them off, and the remaining survivors retreated to the fortified cities.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כְּכַלּוֹתkekhalotwhen finishedH3615יְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua'JoshuaH3091וּבְנֵיuveneiand [the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לְהַכּוֹתָםlehakotamto strike down themH5221מַכָּהmakaha defeatH4347גְדוֹלָה־gedolah-greatH1419מְאֹדme'odveryH3966עַד־'ad-untilH5704תֻּמָּםtumamwere finished theyH8552וְהַשְּׂרִידִיםvehaseridimand the survivorsH8300שָׂרְדוּsareduthey survivedH8277מֵהֶםmehemof <the> themוַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand they wentH935אֶל־'el-intoH413עָרֵי'arei[the] cities ofH5892הַמִּבְצָר׃hamivtzar<the> fortificationH4013
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Related verses
- Joshua 8:24And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
- Deuteronomy 20:16But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- 2 Samuel 20:6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
- Jeremiah 8:14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
- Joshua 10:10And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth–horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
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