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Joshua 11:12

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And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
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  1. Deuteronomy 20:16–17Rank 1 from verse 12
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    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:

    17But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

  2. Deuteronomy 7:2Rank 2 from verse 12
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    2And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

  3. Numbers 33:50–53Rank 3 from verse 12
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    50¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

    51Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

    52Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

    53And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

  4. Joshua 10:28Rank 4 from verse 12
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    28¶ And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

  5. Joshua 10:30Rank 5 from verse 12
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    30And the Lord delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.

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Joshua 11:12

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take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

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COMBINED MEANING

smote

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1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.

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destroyed

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Past-tense or past-participial form of destroy. Sense 1: Ruined, demolished, consumed, or laid waste. Sense 2: Killed or cut off. Sense 3: Caused a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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11And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

12And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

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13But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.

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