Joshua 10:1

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The Sun Stands Still

10 Now Adoni-Zedek^(A) king of Jerusalem^(B) heard that Joshua had taken Ai^(C) and totally destroyed^[a]^(D) it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon^(E) had made a treaty of peace^(F) with Israel and had become their allies.

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Joshua 10:1 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 28, 35, 37, 39 and 40.

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Joshua 11:11

New International Version

¹¹Everyone in it they put to the sword. They totally destroyed^[a] them,^(A) not sparing anyone that breathed,^(B) and he burned^(C) Hazor itself.

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Joshua 11:11 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 12, 20 and 21.

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Judges 1:17

New International Version

¹⁷Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites^(A) their fellow Israelites and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed^[a] the city. Therefore it was called Hormah.^[b]^(B)

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Judges 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
Judges 1:17 Hormah means destruction.