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Lexicon :: Strong's H2719 - ḥereḇ

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חֶרֶב
Transliteration
ḥereḇ
Pronunciation
kheh'-reb
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 732a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 413x

The KJV translates Strong's H2719 in the following manner: sword (401x), knife (5x), dagger (3x), axes (1x), mattocks (1x), TOOL (1x), sword (with H3027) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 413x
The KJV translates Strong's H2719 in the following manner: sword (401x), knife (5x), dagger (3x), axes (1x), mattocks (1x), TOOL (1x), sword (with H3027) (1x).

  1. sword, knife

    1. sword

    2. knife

    3. tools for cutting stone

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶב chereb, kheh'-reb; from H2717; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement:—axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
STRONGS H2719: Abbreviations
חֶ֫רֶב 411 noun feminineIsaiah 21:15 sword (as weapon; Aramaic חַרְבָּא, axBrfo, Zinjirli חרב; Arabic حَرْبَةً dart, javelin) — absolute חֶ֫רֶב Genesis 3:24 +; חָ֑רֶב Exodus 17:13 +; construct חֶ֫רֶב Deuteronomy 33:29 +; suffix חַרְבִּי Exodus 15:9 + 13 times; חַרְבְּךָ Genesis 27:40 + 7 times; חֵרְבֶּ֑ךָ 1 Samuel 17:33; Psalm 17:13; חַרְבּוֺ Numbers 22:23 + 24 times; חַרְבְּכֶם Jeremiah 2:30; Ezekiel 33:26; חַרְבָּם Psalm 37:15; Psalm 44:4; plural חֲרָבוֺת Isaiah 21:15 + 5 times; construct חַרְבוֺת Joshua 5:2 + 2 times; suffix חַרְבוֺתָיו Ezekiel 26:9; חַרְבוֺתָם Isaiah 2:4 + 5 times; חַרְבֹתֵיהֶם Micah 4:3 + 2 times; —
1. a. sword, as weapon of war Genesis 48:22 (E), Judges 7:14, 20; 1 Samuel 21:9, and so in all periods; two-edged (short) sword וְלָהּ שְׁנֵי פֵיוֺ֖ת גֹּמֶד אָרְכָּהּ ח׳ Judges 3:16, compare פִּיּוֹת ח׳ Proverbs 5:4 (in simile), פִּיפִיּוֹת ח׳ Psalm 149:6; see also צוּר ח׳ edge of sword Psalm 89:44.
b. gird on sword ＝חָגַר הח׳ 1 Samuel 17:39; 1 Samuel 25:13 (3 times in verse); Psalm 45:4 (הח׳ ח׳ עַל יָרֵך), שִׂים על ירך Exodus 32:27, compare especially 2 Samuel 20:8.
c. draw the sword הֵרִיק הח׳ Exodus 15:9; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2, 12; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 28:7, הוציא הח׳ Ezekiel 21:8; Ezekiel 21:10, פתח הח׳ Psalm 37:14; Ezekiel 21:33, נטשׁ Isaiah 21:15 (Gr Che לטשׁ see below); usually שׁלף הח׳ Numbers 22:23, 31; Joshua 5:13; Judges 3:22; Judges 8:10, 20; Judges 9:54; 1 Samuel 17:51; 1 Samuel 31:4 ＝1 Chronicles 10:4; 1 Chronicles 21:16, and as characteristic of warriors שֹׁלֵף ח׳ Judges 20:2, 15, 17, 25, 35, 46; 2 Samuel 24:9; 2 Kings 3:26; 1 Chronicles 21:5 (twice in verse); וַתִּדְבַּק יָדוֺ אֶלהַֿח׳ 2 Samuel 23:10, insert also in || 1 Chronicles 11:13 (Dr).
d. whet, sharpen the sword לטשׁ הח׳ Psalm 7:13 (compare Isaiah 21:15 above), but also שׁנן Deuteronomy 32:41 compare Psalm 64:4, הוּחַדָּה Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:16.
e. put up the sword into the sheath אֶלנְֿדָנָהּ הֵשִׁיב הח׳ 1 Chronicles 21:27 (sheath of sword is elsewhere תַּעַר 1 Samuel 7:51; 2 Samuel 20:8; Jeremiah 47:6; Ezekiel 21:8).
f. slay with sword הרג בח׳ Joshua 10:11; Joshua 13:22 +; in ימותו אנשׁים 1 Samuel 2:33, insert בְּחֶרֶב before אנשׁים Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; rarely הכה בח׳ Joshua 11:10; 2 Kings 19:37 ＝Isaiah 37:38; very often הִכָּה לְפִיחֿ׳ smite according to the mouth of the sword i.e. as the sword can devour (2 Samuel 2:26; 11:25) ＝without quarter Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 13:16; a Deuteronomy 20:13; Joshua 11:11, 12, 14 (all D) Judges 18:27; Judges 21:10; 1 Kings 10:25; Job 1:15, 17; also with העיר as sole object Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:28, 30, 32, 35, 37, compare Joshua 10:39; Joshua 19:47; Judges 1:8, 25; Judges 20:37; 1 Samuel 22:19 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:14; הרג לפיחֿ׳ Genesis 34:26 (J); החרים לפיחֿ׳ Deuteronomy 13:16b (including הָעִיר in object), Joshua 6:21; 1 Samuel 15:8, חלשׁ לפיחֿ׳ Exodus 17:13 (E); נפל לפיחֿ׳ Joshua 8:24; Judges 4:16; לפי־ח׳֗֗֗ י׳וַיָּהָם Judges 4:15; — (לפיחֿ׳ is chiefly in Joshua and Judges (21 times), in Hexateuch only J E D; but Job post-exilic).
g. אכלה הח׳ etc., of the sword as devouring: — תּאֹכֵל חַרְבִּי בָשָׂר Deuteronomy 32:42 (poetry), 2 Samuel 2:26; 2 Samuel 11:25; 2 Samuel 18:8; Isaiah 1:10; Jeremiah 2:30; Jeremiah 46:10, 14; Nahum 2:14.
h. slain by sword is חֲלַלחִֿ׳ Numbers 19:16 (P) and frequently Ezekiel, חַלְלֵיחֿ׳ Ezekiel 31:17, 18; Ezekiel 32:21, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32; Ezekiel 35:8 מְחֻלְלֵי ח׳ Ezekiel 35:26 < Co חלליחֿ׳ (on text of Ezekiel 32:20, 22, 31 see Co).
i. שְׁבֻיוֺת ח׳ Genesis 31:26 are captives of (taken by) sword.
j. sword frequently agent of י׳ Judges 7:20; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 12:12; Jeremiah 47:6 etc., — so Deuteronomy 28:22, but read חֹרֶב see below I. חרב (compare on other hand 1 Samuel 17:47); note especially Genesis 3:24 הח׳לַהַט הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת; in poetry לַהַכ ח׳ Nahum 3:3, בְּרַק ח׳ Deuteronomy 32:41.
k. ח׳ figurative of tongue Psalm 57:5; compare Psalm 59:8; figurative of violence war, etc., Genesis 27:40; in simile Proverbs 5:4 (of grievous end of dealings with strange women).
2. knife צֻרִים ח׳ flint knives for use in circumcision Joshua 5:2, 3(see WeSkizzen iii, 166); Ezekiel 5:1, 2חַדָּה תַּעַר ח׳ הַגַּלָּבִים (according to Co use of sword as razor is significant).
3. of tools used in hewing stone חַרְבְּךָ הֵנַפְתָּ עליה Exodus 20:25; יִתֹּץ בח׳ Ezekiel 26:9, according to most ＝tools, axes, 'steel' (Co ' Eisen '), but possibly swords as implement ready to hand; 2 Chronicles 34:6 Qr בְּחַרְבֹתֵיהֶם with their tools; read perhaps בְּחָרְבֹתֵיהֶם in their ruins, Be, who compare Psalm 109:10; see חָרְבָּה below II. חרב (Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate omit חרב).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 27:40; 27:40; 31:26; 34:26; 48:22

Exodus

15:9; 15:9; 17:13; 17:13; 20:25; 32:27

Leviticus

26:33

Numbers

19:16; 21:24; 22:23; 22:23; 22:31

Deuteronomy

13:16; 13:16; 20:13; 28:22; 32:41; 32:41; 32:42; 33:29

Joshua

5:2; 5:2; 5:3; 5:13; 6:21; 8:24; 8:24; 10:11; 10:28; 10:30; 10:32; 10:35; 10:37; 10:39; 11:10; 11:11; 11:12; 11:14; 13:22; 19:47

Judges

1:8; 1:25; 3:16; 3:22; 4:15; 4:16; 7:14; 7:20; 7:20; 8:10; 8:20; 9:54; 18:27; 20:2; 20:15; 20:17; 20:25; 20:35; 20:37; 20:46; 21:10

1 Samuel

2:33; 15:8; 17:33; 17:39; 17:47; 17:51; 21:9; 22:19; 25:13; 31:4

2 Samuel

2:26; 2:26; 11:25; 11:25; 15:14; 18:8; 20:8; 20:8; 23:10; 24:9

1 Kings

10:25

2 Kings

3:26; 19:37

1 Chronicles

10:4; 11:13; 21:5; 21:16; 21:27

2 Chronicles

34:6

Job

1:15; 1:17

Psalms

7:13; 17:13; 37:14; 37:15; 44:4; 45:4; 57:5; 59:8; 64:4; 89:44; 109:10; 149:6

Proverbs

5:4; 5:4

Isaiah

1:10; 2:4; 21:15; 21:15; 21:15; 21:15; 34:6; 37:38

Jeremiah

2:30; 2:30; 12:12; 46:10; 46:14; 47:6; 47:6

Ezekiel

5:1; 5:2; 5:2; 5:12; 12:14; 21:8; 21:8; 21:10; 21:14; 21:16; 26:9; 26:9; 28:7; 31:17; 31:18; 32:20; 32:21; 32:22; 32:25; 32:28; 32:29; 32:30; 32:31; 32:32; 33:26; 35:8

Micah

4:3

Nahum

3:3

H2719

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Strong's Number H2719 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶב (ḥereḇ),
which occurs 413 times in 372 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 3:24–Jos 11:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:40 - And thou shalt live by thy sword, and shalt serve thy brother; and there shall be a time when thou shalt break and loosen his yoke from off thy neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:26 - And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done? wherefore didst thou run away secretly, and pillage me, and lead away my daughters as captives taken with the sword?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:25 - And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, the two sons of Jacob, Symeon and Levi, Dina's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city securely, and slew every male.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:26 - And they slew Emmor and Sychem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dina out of the house of Sychem, and went forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - And I give to thee Sicima, a select portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:21 - And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge you, for ye have made our savour abominable before Pharao, and before his servants, to put a sword into his hands to slay us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoils; I will satisfy my soul, I will destroy with my sword, my hand shall have dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:4 - and the name of the second Eliezer, saying, For the God of my father is my helper, and he has rescued me out of the hand of Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:24 - (LXX 22:23) And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:27 - And he says to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every one his sword on his thigh, and go through and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every one his brother, and every one his neighbour, and every one him that is nearest to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - And I will give peace in your land, and ye shall sleep, and none shall make you afraid; and I will destroy the evil beasts out of your land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - and ye shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you with slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase tens of thousands; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:25 - And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:33 - And I will scatter you among the nations, and the sword shall come upon you and consume you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities shall be desolate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36 - And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37 - And brother shall disregard brother as in war, when none pursues; and ye shall not be able to withstand your enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:3 - Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:43 - For Amalec and the Chananite are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; because ye have disobeyed the Lord and turned aside, and the Lord will not be among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - And every one who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulchre, shall be unclean seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:18 - And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me, and if otherwise, I will go forth to meet thee in war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:23 - And when the ass saw the angel of God standing opposite in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, then the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass with his staff to direct her in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; and if I had had a sword in my hand, I would now have killed thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:31 - And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:8 - And they slew the kings of Madian together with their slain subjects; even Evi and Rocon, and Sur, and Ur, and Roboc, five kings of Madian; and they slew with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their other slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - (LXX 13:16) thou shalt utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; ye shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:13 - until the Lord thy God shall deliver it into thy hands, and thou shalt smite every male of it with the edge of the sword:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - The Lord smite thee with distress, and fever, and cold, and inflammation, and blighting, and paleness, and they shall pursue thee until they have destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:25 - Without, the sword shall bereave them of children, and terror shall issue out of the secret chambers; the young man shall perish with the virgin, the suckling with him who has grown old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:42 - I will make my weapons drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, it shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity of the [fn]heads of their enemies that rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:29 - Blessed art thou, O Israel; who is like to thee, O people saved by the Lord? thy helper shall hold his shield over thee, and his sword is thy boast; and thine enemies shall speak falsely to thee, and thou shalt tread upon their neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - And about this time the Lord said to Joshua, Make thee stone knives of sharp stone, and sit down and circumcise the children of Israel the second time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - And Joshua made sharp knives of stone, and circumcised the children of Israel at the place called the “Hill of Foreskins.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:13 - And it came to pass when Joshua was in Jericho, that he looked up with his eyes and saw a man standing before him, and there was a drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua drew near and said to him, Art thou for us or on the side of our enemies?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 - and Joshua devoted it to destruction, and all things that were in the city, man and woman, young man and old, and calf and ass, with the [fn]edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And when the children of Israel had ceased slaying all that were in Gai, and in the fields, and in the mountain on the descent, from whence they pursued them even to the end, then Joshua returned to Gai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - And when they fled from the face of the children of Israel at the descent of Oronin, then the Lord cast upon them hailstones from heaven to Azeca; and they were more that died by the hailstones, than those whom the children of Israel slew with the sword in the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 - And they took Makeda on that day, and slew [fn]the inhabitants with the [fn]edge of the sword, and they utterly destroyed every living thing that was in it; and there was none left in it that was preserved and had escaped; and they did to the king of Makeda, as they did to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:30 - And the Lord delivered it into the hands of Israel: and they took it, and its king, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and every thing breathing in it; and there was not left in it any that survived and escaped; and they did to its king, as they did to the king of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:32 - And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and [fn]they took it on the second day, and they put the inhabitants to death with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it, as they had done to Lebna.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 - And the Lord delivered it into the hand of Israel; and he took it on that day, and slew the inhabitants with the edge of the sword, and slew every thing breathing in it, as they did to Lachis.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 - And he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the living creatures that were in it; there was no one preserved: they destroyed it and all things in it, as they did to Odollam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - and they took it, and its king, and its villages: and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and they destroyed it, and every thing breathing in it; and they did not leave in it any one that was preserved: as they did to Chebron and her king, so they did to Dabir and her king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - And Joshua returned at that time, and took Asor and her king; now Asor in former time was the chief of these kingdoms.

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