When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, ‘Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.’
Joshua 6:24 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They burned the city and everything in it, but they put the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron into the treasury of the Lord’s house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they burned the city with fire and all that was in it; only the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein; only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of Jehovah. Common English Bible They burned the city and everything in it. But they put the silver and gold, along with the bronze and iron equipment, into the treasury of the LORD’s house. Catholic Public Domain Version Then they set fire to the city and all the things that were within it, except the gold and silver, and the vessels of brass or of iron, which they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they burned the city, and all things that were therein; except the gold and silver, and vessels of brass and iron, which they consecrated into the treasury of the Lord. |
When this was reported to David, he sent someone to meet them, since they were deeply humiliated. The king said, ‘Stay in Jericho until your beards grow back; then return.’
He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
King David also dedicated these to the Lord, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all the nations #– #from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites.
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments,
You are to gather all its spoil in the middle of the city square and completely burn the city and all its spoil for the Lord your God. The city is to remain a mound of ruins for ever; it is not to be rebuilt.
Nothing set apart for destruction is to remain in your hand, so that the Lord will turn from his burning anger and grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as he swore to your ancestors.
However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned Hazor.
For all the silver and gold, and the articles of bronze and iron, are dedicated to the Lord and must go into the Lord’s treasury.’
However, Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father’s family, and all who belonged to her, because she hid the messengers Joshua had sent to spy on Jericho, and she still lives in Israel today.
The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire.
For this reason her plagues will come in just one day – death and grief and famine. She will be burned up with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is mighty.