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the people gave a great shout
"the people of Israel shouted"
gave blasts with the trumpets
"sounded the trumpets loudly" or "blew into the ram's horn trumpets"
They completely destroyed all that was in the city by the edge of the sword
The "edge of the sword" represents the swords and other weapons that soldiers used in battle. AT: "They completely destroyed all that was in the city with their swords" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)