Deuteronomy 3:6
4 At that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fortified with high walls and gates and bars, and there were many more unwalled villages.
We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
7 But all the livestock and plunder of the cities we carried off for ourselves.
8 At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
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- BSB
- We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
- KJV
- And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
- WEB
- We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
- ASV
- And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
- DARBY
- And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, men, women and little ones.
- BLB
- And we devoted them to destruction as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, the men, the women, and the children.
- ÅB
- Og vi slo dem med bann, som vi hadde gjort med Sihon, kongen i Hesbon; hver by slo vi med bann, menn, kvinner og barn.
- OTB
- Vi ødela dem fullstendig, slik vi hadde gjort med Sihon, kongen av Hesjbon, og ødela fullstendig hver by—menn, kvinner og barn.
- B1930
- Og vi slo dem med bann, som vi hadde gjort med Sihon, kongen i Hesbon; hver by slo vi med bann, menn, kvinner og barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 2:34
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.
Read in contextPsalms 135:10–12
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:24
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
Read in contextJoshua 11:14
The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 20:16–18
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Read in contextPsalms 136:19–21
Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextLeviticus 27:28–29
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:2
But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
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