Deuteronomy 2:34
32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
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- BSB
- At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
- KJV
- And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
- WEB
- We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.
- ASV
- And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:
- DARBY
- And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, men, and women, and little ones: we let none escape.
- BLB
- And we took all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city, the men, and the women, and the little ones. We left no survivor.
- ÅB
- Og vi inntok dengang alle hans byer og slo hver by med bann, menn og kvinner og barn; vi lot ikke noen bli tilbake eller slippe unna.
- OTB
- På den tiden erobret vi alle hans byer og ødela fullstendig menn, kvinner og barn i hver by. Vi lot ingen overlevende.
- B1930
- Og vi inntok dengang alle hans byer og slo hver by med bann, menn og kvinner og barn; vi lot ikke nogen bli tilbake eller slippe unda.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
Read in context1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:6
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
Read in contextJoshua 11:14
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 20:16–18
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Read in contextJoshua 7:11
Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Read in contextJoshua 8:25–26
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Read in contextLeviticus 27:28–29
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
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