Gederoth, Bethdagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen cities, along with the towns around them.

The LORD gave the Israelites victory over Lachish on the second day of the battle. Just as they had done at Libnah, they spared no one, but killed every person in the city.

They captured it the same day and put everyone there to death, just as they had done at Lachish.

and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else in the city as well as in the nearby towns. Joshua condemned the city to total destruction, just as he had done to Eglon. No one in it was left alive.

He captured it, with its king and all the nearby towns. They put everyone there to death. Joshua did to Debir and its king what he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.

With their swords they killed everyone in the city, men and women, young and old. They also killed the cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

When the LORD your God places these people in your power and you defeat them, you must put them all to death. Do not make an alliance with them or show them any mercy.

Destroy every nation that the LORD your God places in your power, and do not show them any mercy. Do not worship their gods, for that would be fatal.

"But when you capture cities in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, kill everyone.

Completely destroy all the people: the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the LORD ordered you to do.

The king will capture all his enemies; he will capture everyone who hates him.

He will destroy them like a blazing fire when he appears. The LORD will devour them in his anger, and fire will consume them.

The LORD said to my lord, "Sit here at my right side until I put your enemies under your feet."

Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and kill them in my presence!' "

For Christ must rule until God defeats all enemies and puts them under his feet.

The LORD also gave the Israelites victory over this city and its king. They spared no one, but killed every person in it. They did to the king what they had done to the king of Jericho.

You are to do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, but this time you may keep its goods and livestock for yourselves. Prepare to attack the city by surprise from the rear."