Judges 1:25
Good News Translation
So he showed them, and the people of Ephraim and Manasseh killed everyone in the city, except this man and his family.

New Revised Standard Version
So he showed them the way into the city; and they put the city to the sword, but they let the man and all his family go.

Contemporary English Version
The man showed them, and the two Israelite tribes attacked Bethel, killing everyone except the man and his family. The two tribes made the man and his family leave,

New American Bible
He showed them the way into the city, and they put the city to the sword; but they let the man and his whole clan go free.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had shewed them, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but that man, and all his kindred, they let go:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And when he had shewed them, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but that man, and all his kindred, they let go:

they smote

Joshua 6:22-25 But Joshua said to the two men that had been sent for spies: Go into the harlot's house, and bring her out, and all things that are hers, as you assured her by oath. . . .

Context
Jerusalem and Hebron Captured
24They saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him: Shew us the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy. 25And when he had shewed them, they smote the city with the edge of the sword: but that man, and all his kindred, they let go:26Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.…
Cross References
Joshua 6:25
But Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, and her father's house, and all she had, and they dwelt in the midst of Israel until this present day: because she hid the messengers whom he had sent to spy out Jericho. At that time, Joshua made an imprecation, saying:

Judges 1:26
Who being sent away, went into the land of Hetthim, and built there a city, and called it Luza: which is so called until this day.

Judges 1:24
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