Then, when the LORD your God lets you capture the city, kill every man in it.

You may, however, take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else in the city. You may use everything that belongs to your enemies. The LORD has given it to you.

Kill all the males, and also every woman who is not a virgin."

killing all the men and women and taking the sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and even the clothes. Then he would come back to Achish,

Long before this, when David had conquered Edom, Joab the commander of his army had gone there to bury the dead. He and his men remained in Edom six months, and during that time they killed every male in Edom

(SEE 11:15)

Once again the people of Israel sinned against the LORD, so he let the people of Midian rule them for seven years.

The Midianites were stronger than Israel, and the people of Israel hid from them in caves and other safe places in the hills.

Then all the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribes assembled, crossed the Jordan River, and camped in Jezreel Valley.