Deuteronomy 3:6

And we wiped them out, just as we had done to Sihon, the king of Heshbon, destroying every city, and its men, as well as women and children.

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In The King James Version

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

In Context

5All the cities were fortified with very high walls, and with gates and bars, in addition to innumerable villages which had no walls.

7But the cattle and the spoils of the cities, we plundered.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:2But Israel, obliging himself by a vow to the Lord, said: “If you deliver this people into my hand, I will wipe away their cities.”

Deuteronomy 2:34And we seized all his cities at that time, putting to death their inhabitants: men as well as women and children. We left nothing of them,

Deuteronomy 20:16But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.

Joshua 11:14And the sons of Israel divided among themselves all the plunder of these cities, and the cattle, putting to death all persons.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:2-12

Sihon and Og Subdued. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was… Read the whole commentary →

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