³⁵ And they captured it on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword. And he devoted every person in it to destruction that day, as he had done to Lachish.

³⁷ and captured it and struck it with the edge of the sword, and its king and its towns, and every person in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and devoted it to destruction and every person in it.

⁴⁴ Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, ^(A)I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and ^(B)break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.