Deuteronomy 20:11-13

Authorized (King James) Version

¹¹ And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. ¹² And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: ¹³ and when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: