Judges 1:8
The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire.
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- Josh 15:63 : 63 The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day.
- Judg 1:21 : 21 The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day.
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- Judg 1:9-102 verses80%
9 Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the foothills.
10 The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron.(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
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22 For I, the LORD, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them.”’”
- Judg 1:4-52 verses76%
4 The men of Judah attacked, and the LORD handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek.
5 They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites.
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8 The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the LORD, and the people’s homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem.
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8 Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.
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5 So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”
- Judg 1:17-193 verses75%
17 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.
18 The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities.
19 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels.
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48 The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path.
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6 So my anger and my wrath were poured out and burned like a fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. That is why they have become the desolate ruins that they are today.’
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8 When you capture the city, set it on fire in keeping with the Lord’s message. See, I have given you orders.”
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19 They burned down the God’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.
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6 On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves, and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left. Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place, the city of Jerusalem.
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10 They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments.
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4 He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem.
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9 He burned down the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
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8 The LORD was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
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10 For I, the LORD, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”
- Jer 34:1-22 verses72%
1 The Lord Makes an Ominous Promise to Zedekiah The LORD’s message came to Jeremiah while King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the towns around it with a large army. This army consisted of troops from his own army and from the kingdoms and peoples of the lands under his dominion.
2 This is what the LORD God of Israel told Jeremiah,“Go, speak to King Zedekiah of Judah. Tell him,‘This is what the LORD has said,“Take note. I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down.
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24 But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the LORD’s house.
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1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah.
- 2 Chr 13:15-162 verses72%
15 and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.
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15 you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock.
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7 He said to them,“Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!” So they went out and struck people down throughout the city.
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14 So I will set fire to Rabbah’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.
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11 The LORD said,“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.”
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27 Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
- Jer 52:13-142 verses72%
13 He burned down the LORD’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
14 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.
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5 He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
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7 He did this while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the cities of Lachish and Azekah. He was attacking these cities because they were the only fortified cities of Judah which were still holding out.
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17 The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.
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14 We conducted a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, on the area of Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb. We burned Ziklag.”
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4 For I, the LORD God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings of Judah which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians:
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11 They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah.
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2 The LORD said,“The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them.”
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18 That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD God of their ancestors.
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3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.
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45 Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it.