KJV 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.
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Deuteronomy 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
WEB World English Bible
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 American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and we devote them, as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting every city, men, the women, and the infants;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 3
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 left to him remaining.
4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
5 All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that [was] on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
9 ([Which] Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
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Original-language word links
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וַנַּחֲרֵ֣םH2763 · cha.ramto devote/destroyאוֹתָ֔םH853 · et[Obj.]כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichעָשִׂ֔ינוּH6213 · a.sahto make: doלְסִיחֹ֖ןH5511 · si.chonSihonמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןH2809 · chesh.bonHeshbonהַחֲרֵם֙H2763 · cha.ramto devote/destroyכָּל־H3605 · kolallעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementמְתִ֔םH4962 · matmanהַנָּשִׁ֖יםH802 · ish.shahwomanוְהַטָּֽף׃H2945 · taphchild
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 2:34And 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:Psalm 135:10-12Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;Deuteronomy 2:24Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess [it], and contend with him in battle.Leviticus 27:28-29Notwithstanding 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.Deuteronomy 20:16-18But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee [for] an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:Joshua 11:14And 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.Deuteronomy 3:2And 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.Numbers 21:2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.Psalm 136:19-21Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy [endureth] for ever:
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