^{5 Ref} And to the others he said in my hearing, Go ye through the city after him, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity;

^{6 Ref} slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

^{7 Ref} And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.