48
Judas sent them a peaceful message: "Let us pass through your land to get to ours. We won't do you any harm. We'll just pass through by foot." But they still refused to open to him.
49
So Judas ordered that the army camp wherever they were,
50
and the forces did so. All that day and night he fought against the town, and it was handed over to him.
51
He killed every male by the edge of the sword, and he demolished and plundered the town. Then he passed through it, walking over the dead bodies.
52
After that they crossed the Jordan and came into the large plain in front of Beth-shan.