Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Judges 1:8
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Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
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Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
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The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, took it, struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
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And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
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Judges 1
6 As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
7 Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
8 Then the men of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire.
9 Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.
10 Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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