Deu 13:16, 2Ki 25:9 | ESV | STEP | You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and burn the city and all its spoil with fire , as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God . It shall be a heap forever . It shall not be built again .

b Josh. 8:28; Jer. 49:2; [Isa. 17:1; 25:2; Jer. 30:18]

Deuteronomy 13:16

16 You shall gather all its spoil into the midst of its open square and ^aburn the city and all its spoil with fire, as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It shall be a ^bheap forever. It shall not be built again.

2 Kings 25:9

9 ^cAnd he burned the house of the Lord ^dand the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.