Judges 1:8

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The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

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  • Josh 15:63 : 63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the descendants of Judah could not drive them out. The Jebusites live with the descendants of Judah in Jerusalem to this day.
  • Judg 1:21 : 21 The Benjaminites, however, did not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived there with the Benjaminites to this day.

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  • Judg 1:9-10
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    80%

    9Afterward, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowland.

    10Judah also attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they defeated Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

  • Jer 34:22
    76%

    22Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.

  • Judg 1:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands. They struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.

    5At Bezek, they found Adoni-bezek, fought against him, and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

  • Jer 39:8
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    8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

  • Jer 37:8
    76%

    8'Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city; they will capture it and burn it with fire.'

  • Amos 2:5
    76%

    5'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'

  • Judg 1:17-19
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    17Judah went with his brother Simeon, and together they defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They destroyed the city completely, and they named it Hormah.

    18Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.

    19The LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country, but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the plains because they had iron chariots.

  • Judg 20:48
    74%

    48The men of Israel went back to Benjamin and put the cities to the sword, including the people, livestock, and everything they found. They also set fire to all the cities they came upon.

  • Jer 44:6
    74%

    6So my fury and my anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, making them a desolate ruin, as they are today.

  • Josh 8:8
    73%

    8"When you have taken the city, you shall set it on fire, as the Lord has commanded. See, I have commanded you."

  • 2 Chr 36:19
    73%

    19They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.

  • Zech 12:6
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    6On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a fire pot in a woodpile and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples on the right and on the left, while Jerusalem will remain secure in her place.

  • Num 31:10
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    10They burned all the towns where the Midianites had lived and all their encampments with fire.

  • 2 Chr 12:4
    73%

    4He captured the fortified cities of Judah and advanced as far as Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 25:9
    73%

    9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every large house was burned down.

  • 2 Chr 29:8
    72%

    8Therefore, the wrath of the LORD fell upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He made them an object of horror, devastation, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.

  • Jer 21:10
    72%

    10For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.

  • Jer 34:1-2
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    72%

    1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and all his army, along with all the kingdoms under his dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities, saying:

    2This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell Zedekiah, king of Judah, 'This is what the Lord says: I am delivering this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.'

  • Josh 6:24
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    24Then they burned the city and everything in it with fire. However, they put the silver, gold, bronze, and iron items into the treasury of the LORD's house.

  • Jer 39:1
    72%

    1In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his entire army came against Jerusalem and laid siege to it.

  • 2 Chr 13:15-16
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    72%

    15Then the men of Judah raised a battle cry, and as they shouted, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

    16The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

  • Deut 13:15
    72%

    15then you must inquire, investigate, and interrogate thoroughly. If the report is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done among you,

  • Ezek 9:7
    72%

    7Then he said to them, 'Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!' So they went out and struck down people in the city.

  • Amos 1:14
    72%

    14So I will set fire to the wall of Rabbah, and it will consume her palaces amid shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.

  • Jer 9:11
    72%

    11Who is the wise person who may understand this? And to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been scorched like a desert with no one passing through?

  • Judg 18:27
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    27The Danites took what Micah had made, along with his priest, and came to Laish, to a peaceful and unsuspecting people. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city with fire.

  • Jer 52:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13He set fire to the house of the LORD, the royal palace, all the houses of Jerusalem, and every significant building in the city.

    14The entire Chaldean army, under the commander of the guard, tore down all the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 34:5
    71%

    5He burned the bones of the priests on their altars, and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Jer 34:7
    71%

    7At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the remaining fortified cities of Judah—Lachish and Azekah. These were the only fortified cities left in Judah.

  • 2 Chr 28:17
    71%

    17The Edomites had come again and attacked Judah, taking captives.

  • 1 Sam 30:14
    71%

    14"We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag."

  • Jer 33:4
    71%

    4For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah that have been torn down to defend against the siege ramps and the sword:

  • Lam 5:11
    71%

    11Women in Zion were violated, virgins in the cities of Judah.

  • Judg 1:2
    71%

    2The LORD answered, "Judah shall go up. I have given the land into his hand."

  • 2 Chr 13:18
    71%

    18So the Israelites were humbled at that time, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

  • 1 Sam 30:3
    71%

    3When David and his men came to the city, they saw that it had been burned, and their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

  • Judg 9:45
    71%

    45Abimelech fought against the city all that day, captured it, killed its inhabitants, tore it down, and sowed it with salt.