- beat down:
- "And ye shall smiteª° every¹ fencedª city,ª and every¹ choiceª city,ª and shall fellª° every¹ goodª tree,ª and stopª° all¹ wellsª of water,ª and marª° every¹ goodª piece² of land¹ with stones.ª" {2Kg 3:19} + "And Abimelechª foughtª° against the cityª all¹ that¹ day;ª and he tookª°¹ the city,ª and slewª° the peopleª that¹ [was] therein, and beat downª°¹ the city,ª and sowedª° it with salt.ª" {Jdg 9:45} + "And he smoteª°¹ Moab,ª and measuredª° them with a line,ª casting them downª°¹ to the ground;ª even with twoª linesª measuredª° he to put to death,ª° and with one fullª lineª to keep alive.ª° And [so] the Moabitesª became¹ David'sª servants,ª [and] broughtª° gifts.ª" {2Sm 8:2} + "Hast thou not¹ heardª° long ago,ª¹ [how] I have doneª° it; [and] of ancientª times,ª¹ that I have formedª° it? now¹ have I brought²° it to pass,¹ that thou shouldest be¹ to lay wasteª° defencedª° citiesª [into] ruinousª° heaps.ª ... Therefore their inhabitantsª° [were] of smallª power,ª they were dismayedª° and confounded:ª° they were¹ [as] the grassª of the field,ª and [as] the greenª herb,ª [as] the grassª on the housetops,ª and [as corn] blasted²¹ beforeª it be grown up.ª" {Isa 37:26-27}
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