Judges 1:25

Judges 1:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he showed them the way into the city. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man and all his family go.

Context of Judges 1:25

23The house of Joseph sent men to spy out Bethel (the former name of the city was Luz). 24Now the scouts saw a man coming out from the city and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city and we will deal kindly with you.” So he showed them the entrance into the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man go free with all his family. 26So the man went into the land of the Hittites, built a city, and named it Luz, which is its name to this day. 27Manasseh, however, did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages. So the Canaanites resolved to dwell in that land.

Judges 1:25 word by word

וַיַּרְאֵם֙ אֶת־מְב֣וֹא הָעִ֔יר וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וְאֶת־הָאִ֥ישׁ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And when he shewedרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• them the entranceמָבוֹאmâbô' · entranceH3996
• into the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• they smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• with the edgeפֶּהpeh · lip: edgeH6310
• of the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• but they let goשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: let goH7971
• the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and all his familyמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940

Cross-references for Judges 1:25

• Joshua 6:22Then Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land: “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her.”

Commentaries on Judges 1:25

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-36Verses 21-36 The people of Israel were very careless of their duty and interest. Owing to slothfulness and cowardice, they would not be at the pains to complete their conquests. It was also owing to their covetousness: they were willing to let the Canaanites live among them, that they might make advantage of them. They had not the dread and detestation of idolatry they ought to have had. The same unbelief that kept their fathers forty years out of Canaan…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-36Mentions of Joseph's descendants (Judges 1:22, 35) highlight the northern tribes' failures to remove their enemies.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2917-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow of the Israelites (see on Nu 21:2). The…Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 1:25

• Beth-El
• Betrayal
• Canaanites
• Ephraim
• Mercy
• Treachery
• Treason

In the dictionaries

• Agag
• Descry
• Entrance
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• Canon of the Old Testament
• Criticism
• Galilee
• House of God
• Judah (2)

Commentaries on Judges 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings