¹³ When the Lord your God gives it into your hand, ^(A)you shall strike all the ^[a]men in it with the edge of the sword.

¹¹ And this is the thing that you shall do: you ^(A)shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has ^[a]slept with a male.”

¹⁵ For it came about, ^(A)when David was in Edom and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury those killed in battle, and had ^(B)struck and killed every male in Edom ¹⁶ (for Joab and all Israel stayed there for six months, until he had eliminated every male in Edom),