¹¹ The Israelites completely destroyed^[a] every living thing in the city, leaving no survivors. Not a single person was spared. And then Joshua burned the city.

⁴⁰ So Joshua conquered the whole region—the kings and people of the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills,^[a] and the mountain slopes. He completely destroyed everyone in the land, leaving no survivors, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.

¹⁶ In those towns that the Lord your God is giving you as a special possession, destroy every living thing.