Judges 1:25
“And when hee shewed them the entrance into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sword: but they let goe the man and all his familie.”
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Judges 1:25 Context
23And the house of Ioseph sent to descrie Bethel (now the name of the citie before was Luz) 24And the spies sawe a man come forth out of the citie, and they said vnto him, Shew vs, wee pray thee, the entrance into the citie, and we will shew thee mercie. 25And when hee shewed them the entrance into the citie, they smote the citie with the edge of the sword: but they let goe the man and all his familie. 26And the man went into the lande of the Hittites, and built a citie, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof vnto this day. 27¶ Neither did Manasseh driue out the inhabitants of Bethshean, and her townes, nor Taanach and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Dor, and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her townes, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her townes: but the Canaanites would dwel in that land.
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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.
- King James Version
So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free.
- New American Standard Version (1995)