Deuteronomy 3:6

But we consumed them as we did Sihon king of Heshbon: we destroyed in all the cities the men, women, and children;

Targum Onkelos

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 those strong cities were fortified with gates and bars, beside unwalled towns very many.

7But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities were a prey to us.

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Cross References

Numbers 21:2And Israel vowed a vow before the Lord, and said: If Thou wilt surely deliver this people into my hand, then I will destroy their cities.

Deuteronomy 2:34And we subdued all his cities at that time, and consumed all the towns, and the men, women, and children, and left none to escape.

Deuteronomy 20:16For of the cities of these nations which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not spare alive any breathing thing,

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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