Judges 1:8
“(Now the children of Iudah had fought against Ierusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the citie on fire)”
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Judges 1:8 Context
6But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbes, and his great toes. 7And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore & ten kings, hauing their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meate vnder my table: as I haue done, so God hath requited mee, and they brought him to Ierusalem, and there he died. 8(Now the children of Iudah had fought against Ierusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the citie on fire) 9¶ And afterward the children of Iudah went downe to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the moūtaine, & in the South, and in the valley. 10And Iudah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (nowe the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
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Other Translations for Judges 1:8
Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- King James Version
Then the sons of Judah fought against Jerusalem and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then the children of Judah made an attack on Jerusalem, and took it, burning down the town after they had put its people to the sword without mercy.
- Basic English Bible
And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- Darby Bible
(Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.)
- Webster's Bible
The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- World English Bible
And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the children of Judah fought Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Judges 1:8
1:8 And took - Yet some of the inhabitants retired into the castle, and held out there 'till David's time.