He ordered, “Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive.”

a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.

He said, “Capture them alive!” So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors.

Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow.

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

They say, “God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured. Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations.”

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, “Have sex with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.

Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war – who went out to battle – and the other for all the community.

I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes.

his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered.

But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

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

and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces.

They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him.

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified.

“See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations!