So kill all the boys and all the women who have had intercourse with a man.
Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
When the Lord your God hands the town over to you, use your swords to kill every man in the town.
When the Lord your God hands these nations over to you and you conquer them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaties with them and show them no mercy.
So the assembly sent 12,000 of their best warriors to Jabesh-gilead with orders to kill everyone there, including women and children.