Deuteronomy 3:6

and we devote them, as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting [the] men, the women, and the infants of every city;

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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 these [are] cities fortified with high walls, double gates, and bar, apart from very many cities of the open place;

7and all the livestock, and the spoil of the cities, we have spoiled for ourselves.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:2And Israel vows a vow to YHWH and says, “If You certainly give this people into my hand, then I have devoted their cities”;

Deuteronomy 2:34and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city—men, and the women, and the infants; we have not left a remnant;

Deuteronomy 20:16Only, of the cities of these peoples which your God YHWH is giving to you [for] an inheritance, you do not keep alive any [that are] breathing;

Joshua 11:14and all the spoil of these cities, and the livestock, the sons of Israel have spoiled for themselves; only, they have struck every man by the mouth of the sword, until their destroying them; they have not left anyone breathing.

Psalms 136:19Even Sihon king of the Amorite, || For His kindness [is] for all time.

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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