Chapter 38

The Sons of Jacob Destroy many Cities of Canaan and all their

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The Sons of Jacob Destroy many Cities of Canaan and all their
1And Ihuri king of Shiloh came up to assist Elon, and he approached Jacob,
2And when Ihuri king of Shiloh was dead, the four remaining kings fled from
3And when the sons of Jacob saw that the remaining kings had removed from
4And the kings and the captains with the rest of their armies, seeing that
5And the sons of Jacob pursued them to the gate of the city of Chazar, and
6And he slew Parathon king of Chazar at the gate of the city of Chazar, and
7And the sons of Jacob seeing that all the kings were dead and that they
8And three men of the servants of Jacob fell in that battle, and when Judah
9And all the men that remained of the armies of the kings were greatly
10And they concealed themselves in the midst of the city of Chazar, for the
11And four mighty men, experienced in battle, went forth from the city and
12And Naphtali ran and came between them and with his sword smote two of
13And he turned to the other two, and behold they had fled, and he pursued
14And the sons of Jacob came to the city and saw, and behold there was
15And Simeon and Levi slew all the men who ran for safety into the city, and
16And Dan and Naphtali sprang upon the wall to see what caused the noise of
17And when Judah, Simeon, and Levi had ceased smiting the inhabitants of the
18And the sons of Jacob took the spoil of the city of Chazar, the flocks and
19And on the next day the sons of Jacob went to Sarton, for they heard that
20And the pillar of the rampart was about fifty cubits and its breadth forty
21For the entrance to the city was at the rear, and every man that wished to
22And the sons of Jacob seeing they could not find the way into the city,
23And the inhabitants of the city of Sarton could not go out toward the sons
24So the inhabitants of Sarton speedily took away the bridge of the road of
25And the sons of Jacob came and sought the way into the city, and could not
26And the inhabitants of the city reproached the sons of Jacob from the top
27And the sons of Jacob were provoked at them, and they all rose and sprang
28And when they had passed the rampart they stood under the wall of the
29And the sons of Jacob came near to break open the doors of the gates of
30And the number of the people that were upon the wall was about four
31And Gad and Asher went up after him to the west corner of the city, and
32And the men who were on the top of the wall, the inhabitants of the city,
33And Issachar and Naphtali that remained under the wall approached and
34And about two hundred men fled from the city, and they all went and hid
35And the sons of Jacob went up the road of the roof of that tower, and they
36And the sons of Jacob smote a great smiting amongst those men in the tower
37And Simeon and Levi pursued them, when twelve mighty and valiant men came
38And those twelve men maintained a strong battle against Simeon and Levi,
39And Levi seized the sword of the valiant man in his hand, and took it
40And eleven men approached to fight with Levi, for they saw that one of
41And the sons of Jacob seeing that they could not prevail over them, Simeon
42And Judah at a distance knew the voice of Simeon's shouting, and Naphtali
43And Naphtali saw that the shields of Simeon and Levi were broken, and he
44And Simeon, Levi and Judah on that day fought all three against the eleven
45And this was told unto Jacob, and he was sorely grieved, and he prayed
46And Jacob approached and drew his bow, and came nigh unto the mighty men,
47And in their flight they met Dan and Asher coming toward them, and they
48And all the sons of Jacob returned and walked about the city, searching if
49And the sons of Jacob smote all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton, but
50And all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton were powerful men, one of
51And the sons of Jacob slew all the inhabitants of the city of Sarton with
52And the sons of Jacob took all the spoil of the city, and captured what

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