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Summary
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males.
Sore
General references
Bible References
Sore
Joshua 5:6
For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the Lord, to whom the Lord had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Slew
Genesis 49:6 “Let my soul not enter into their council;
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slewmen,
And in their self-will they lamedoxen.
Let not my glory be united with their assembly;
Because in their anger they slew
And in their self-will they lamed
2 Chronicles 32:25
But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.
General references
Numbers 1:22 Of the sons of Simeon, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers’ households, their numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war,