Bible Verses About Sieges: Inhabitants of, often put to the sword

Y'hoshua captured Makkedah that day, defeating it and its king by the sword. He completely destroyed them, everyone there - he left no one; and he did to the king of Makkedah what he had done to the king of Yericho.

ADONAI also handed it and its king over to Isra'el. He defeated it with the sword, everyone there - he left no one, and he did to its king what he had done to the king of Yericho.

ADONAI handed it over to Isra'el; he captured it the second day. He defeated it with the sword, everyone there, exactly as he had done to Livnah.

They captured it that very day. He defeated it with the sword, completely destroying everyone there, exactly as he had done to Lakhish.

This is why her young men will fall in her open places, why all her warriors will be silenced on that day," says ADONAI.