Deuteronomy 7:24
And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them.
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The verse promises not just the defeat of kings, but the utter eradication of their very memory, "destroy their name from under heaven." This goes beyond military victory to a complete obliteration of their legacy, ensuring they leave no trace or claim to remembrance.
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abad · Hebrew Verb
To cause the memory, influence, or existence of something or someone to be utterly wiped out from existence, typically indicating a permanent removal of identity or authority.
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This passage directly echoes the promise made in Deuteronomy, assuring Joshua that just as God was with Moses, He would be with him, guaranteeing no one would be able to stand against him. It shows the continuation of God's powerful support for His people in conquest.
Joshua 12:1-24This chapter lists the kings and the lands that were conquered by Moses and the Israelites, directly fulfilling the word spoken in Deuteronomy 7:24 about delivering kings into their hands.
Judges 2:1-3This passage highlights the consequence of Israel's disobedience; they failed to drive out the inhabitants, and God declared He would not drive them out for them, showing the conditional nature of the promise in Deuteronomy 7:24.
Psalm 44:3This psalm reflects on God's powerful intervention for Israel, stating that they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, but by God's hand and arm, and the light of His countenance, reinforcing the idea of God's direct power in their victories.
1 Samuel 15:3This passage shows Saul's disobedience when commanded to utterly destroy the Amalekites, including their kings and possessions, illustrating the severe consequences of not fully carrying out God's commands for destruction as laid out in Deuteronomy.
gillDeuteronomy 7:24: "And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them."
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand,.... Who were very numerous, for though there were but seven nations, there were more kings, even one and thirty, Joshua 12:9 , thou shall destroy their name from under heaven; not only destroy the name of the reigning kings, so as that they shou…
calvinDeuteronomy 7:16-26: "And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee."
The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out; so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.
Probationum magnarum quas videru…
The verse promises not just the defeat of kings, but the utter eradication of their very memory, "destroy their name from under heaven." This goes beyond military victory to a complete obliteration of their legacy, ensuring they leave no trace or claim to remembrance.
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"And he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under heaven. No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them." — The verse promises not just the defeat of kings, but the utter eradication of their very memory, "destroy their name from under heaven." This goes beyond military victory to a complete obliteration o…
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