^2:34At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them⁵⁰ under divine judgment,⁵¹ including even the women and children; we left no survivors.

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Footnotes

50 Heb “every city of men.” This apparently identifies the cities as inhabited.
51 Heb “under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). The verb employed is חָרַם (kharam, usually in the Hiphil) and the associated noun is חֵרֶם (kherem). See J. Naudé, , 2:, and, for a more thorough discussion, Susan Niditch, War in the Hebrew Bible, 28–77. Divine judgment refers to God’s designation of certain persons, places, and things as objects of his special wrath and judgment because, in his omniscience, he knows them to be impure and hopelessly unrepentant.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.

NLTNew Living Translation

We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone—men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So we captured all of his cities at that time, and we destroyed each town of males and the women and the children; we did not leave behind a survivor.

KJV 1900King James Version

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

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