We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, including women and children.

and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy!

Instead you must utterly annihilate them – the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites – just as the Lord your God has commanded you,

“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly destroyed.

Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.

Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. But spare the lives of any virgins.” So they did as instructed.

He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag’s people with the sword.

Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued?

But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many.

However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.

Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long,

So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities.”

The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah.

At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster.

They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish.

They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword – no one who breathed remained – and burned Hazor.

The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah.