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Isaiah 1:18
“ Come, let us discuss this,” says the Lord.“ Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will be like wool.
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Psalms 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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Numbers 21:21-35
Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:“ Let us travel through your land. We won’t go into the fields or vineyards. We won’t drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway until we have traveled through your territory.”But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages.Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon.Therefore the poets say: Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.For fire came out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of Arnon’s heights.Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the Amorite king.We threw them down; Heshbon has been destroyed as far as Dibon. We caused desolation as far as Nophah, which reaches as far as Medeba.So Israel lived in the Amorites’ land.After Moses sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out against them with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.But the Lord said to Moses,“ Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left, and they took possession of his land.
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Joshua 10:10-43
The Lord threw them into confusion before Israel. He defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, chased them through the ascent of Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.On the day the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord in the presence of Israel:“ Sun, stand still over Gibeon, and moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”And the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance on its enemies. Isn’t this written in the Book of Jashar? So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed its setting almost a full day.There has been no day like it before or since, when the Lord listened to the voice of a man, because the Lord fought for Israel.Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal.Now the five defeated kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah.It was reported to Joshua:“ The five kings have been found; they are hiding in the cave at Makkedah.”Joshua said,“ Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and station men by it to guard the kings.But as for the rest of you, don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Don’t let them enter their cities, for the Lord your God has handed them over to you.”So Joshua and the Israelites finished inflicting a terrible slaughter on them until they were destroyed, although a few survivors ran away to the fortified cities.The people returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. And no one dared to threaten the Israelites.Then Joshua said,“ Open the mouth of the cave, and bring those five kings to me out of there.”That is what they did. They brought the five kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon to Joshua out of the cave.When they had brought the kings to him, Joshua summoned all the men of Israel and said to the military commanders who had accompanied him,“ Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.Joshua said to them,“ Do not be afraid or discouraged. Be strong and courageous, for the Lord will do this to all the enemies you fight.”After this, Joshua struck them down and executed them. He hung their bodies on five trees and they were there until evening.At sunset Joshua commanded that they be taken down from the trees and thrown into the cave where they had hidden. Then large stones were placed against the mouth of the cave, and the stones are there to this day.On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and struck it down with the sword, including its king. He completely destroyed it and everyone in it, leaving no survivors. So he treated the king of Makkedah as he had the king of Jericho.Joshua and all Israel with him crossed from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.The Lord also handed it and its king over to Israel. He struck it down, putting everyone in it to the sword, and left no survivors in it. He treated Libnah’s king as he had the king of Jericho.From Libnah, Joshua and all Israel with him crossed to Lachish. They laid siege to it and attacked it.The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel, and Joshua captured it on the second day. He struck it down, putting everyone in it to the sword, just as he had done to Libnah.At that time Horam king of Gezer went to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down along with his people, leaving no survivors in it.Then Joshua crossed from Lachish to Eglon and all Israel with him. They laid siege to it and attacked it.On that day they captured it and struck it down, putting everyone in it to the sword. He completely destroyed it that day, just as he had done to Lachish.Next, Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron and attacked it.They captured it and struck down its king, all its villages, and everyone in it with the sword. He left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon. He completely destroyed Hebron and everyone in it.Finally, Joshua turned toward Debir and attacked it. And all Israel was with him.He captured it— its king and all its villages. They struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He treated Debir and its king as he had treated Hebron and as he had treated Libnah and its king.So Joshua conquered the whole region— the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills, and the slopes— with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.Joshua conquered everyone from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
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Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holy to the Lord, the firstfruits of His harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.” This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Joshua 12:1-24
The Israelites struck down the following kings of the land and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan to the east and from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:Sihon king of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled over the territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River( the border of the Ammonites),the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah( that is, the Dead Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan up to the Geshurite and Maacathite border, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon, king of Heshbon.Moses the Lord’s servant and the Israelites struck them down. And Moses the Lord’s servant gave their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh.Joshua and the Israelites struck down the following kings of the land beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which ascends toward Seir( Joshua gave their land as an inheritance to the tribes of Israel according to their allotments:the hill country, the Judean foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the desert, and the Negev of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):the king of Jericho one the king of Ai, which is next to Bethel onethe king of Jerusalem one the king of Hebron onethe king of Jarmuth one the king of Lachish onethe king of Eglon one the king of Gezer onethe king of Debir one the king of Geder onethe king of Hormah one the king of Arad onethe king of Libnah one the king of Adullam onethe king of Makkedah one the king of Bethel onethe king of Tappuah one the king of Hepher onethe king of Aphek one the king of Lasharon onethe king of Madon one the king of Hazor onethe king of Shimron-meron one the king of Achshaph onethe king of Taanach one the king of Megiddo onethe king of Kedesh one the king of Jokneam in Carmel onethe king of Dor in Naphath-dor one the king of Goiim in Gilgal onethe king of Tirzah one the total number of all kings: 31.
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Numbers 21:3
The Lord listened to Israel’s request, the Canaanites were defeated, and Israel completely destroyed them and their cities. So they named the place Hormah.
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Judges 9:48
So Abimelech and all the people who were with him went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his ax in his hand and cut a branch from the trees. He picked up the branch, put it on his shoulder, and said to the people who were with him,“ Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
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Judges 2:7
The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua’s lifetime and during the lifetimes of the elders who outlived Joshua. They had seen all the Lord’s great works He had done for Israel.
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Revelation 19:14-21
The armies that were in heaven followed Him on white horses, wearing pure white linen.A sharp sword came from His mouth, so that He might strike the nations with it. He will shepherd them with an iron scepter. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty.And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and he cried out in a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying high overhead,“ Come, gather together for the great supper of God,so that you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of commanders, the flesh of mighty men, the flesh of horses and of their riders, and the flesh of everyone, both free and slave, small and great.”Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against His army.But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with him the false prophet, who had performed the signs in his presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.The rest were killed with the sword that came from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
