Judges 1:25

Modern

So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

Traditional

And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

Literal

And he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the mouth of the sword. And the man and all his family they sent away.

Latin

Qui cum ostendisset eis, percusserunt urbem in ore gladii: hominem autem illum, et omnem cognationem ejus, dimiserunt.

Hebrew

English

So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

Mentions of Joseph's descendants (Judges 1:22, 35) highlight the northern tribes' failures to remove their enemies.

The tribes of Israel did not keep the covenant. Their complacency was rebellion against the Lord, as shown in the rest of the book of Judges.

The first prologue talks about how the tribes did not follow Joshua's farewell instructions (Joshua 23).

Theme notes and profiles

Joshua 6:22–25
Meanwhile, Joshua told the two men who had spied out the land, “Go into the house of the prostitute and bring out the woman and all who are with her, just as you promised her.”