Deuteronomy 20:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Deuteronomy 20:10 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 10:5-6
And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. …
2 Corinthians 5:18
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
Ephesians 2:17
And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
Zechariah 9:10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
2 Samuel 20:18-22
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-20)

They are here directed what method to take in dealing with the cities (these only are mentioned, Deut. 20:10; but doubtless the armies in the field, and the nations they had occasion to deal with, are likewise intended) upon which they made war. They must not make a descent upon any of their neighbours till they had first given them fair notice, by a public manifesto, or remonstrance, stating the…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

10-20. When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it--An important principle is here introduced into the war law of Israel regarding the people they fought against and the cities they besieged. With “the cities of those people which God doth give thee” in Canaan, it was to be a war of utter extermination (De 20:17, 18). But when on a just occasion, they went ag…