^2 (A)and when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must ^(B)devote them to complete destruction.^{[a] (C)}You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.

²⁴ And ^(A)he will give their kings into your hand, and you shall ^(B)make their name perish from under heaven. ^(C)No one shall be able to stand against you until you have destroyed them. ²⁵ The carved images of their gods ^(D)you shall burn with fire. You ^(E)shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, lest you be ^(F)ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. ²⁶ And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction^[a] like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, ^(G)for it is devoted to destruction.