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Deuteronomy 7:24
He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel on the plains of Moab, just before they cross the Jordan to conquer Canaan. He recounts the covenant stipulations that guarantee divine victory over the occupying nations.
The words — וְהַאֲבַדְתָּ (ve.ha'avadta) translates literally as "and you will destroy/annihilate," while מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם (mi.tachat ha.shamayim) means "from under the heavens." The phrasing pairs total military eradication with the complete removal of national identity.
The thread — The promise that "no one will stand against you" recurs in Joshua 10:8, Joshua 23:9, and Joshua 1:5. Joshua 1:5 explicitly links this unbroken resistance to God's continual presence, mirroring the Deuteronomy 7:23-24 sequence of divine delivery followed by human execution.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that conquest depends on Yahweh's prior action of handing kings over, not human merit. It requires immediate obedience to the adjacent command to destroy idols and reject their wealth, treating divine provision as a boundary rather than an invitation to plunder.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
Cross-references
- Joshua 10:8 The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
- Joshua 23:9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
- Joshua 1:5 No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Joshua 10:42 And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Deuteronomy 9:14 Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”
- Deuteronomy 11:25 No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Joshua 10:24 When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army 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.
- Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
- Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
- Exodus 17:14 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”