Deuteronomy 3:6

Deuteronomy 3:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
• New International Version (NIV)We completely destroyed them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city—men, women and children.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And we devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

Context of Deuteronomy 3:6

4We captured all his cities at that time. There wasn’t a city that we didn’t take from them: sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5All these were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides a large number of rural villages. We completely destroyed them, as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon, destroying the men, women, and children of every city. 7But we took all the livestock and the spoil from the cities as plunder for ourselves. 8“At that time we took the land from the two Amorite kings across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon,

Deuteronomy 3:6 word by word

וַנַּחֲרֵ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔ינוּ לְסִיחֹ֖ן מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן הַחֲרֵם֙ כָּל־עִ֣יר מְתִ֔ם הַנָּשִׁ֖ים וְהַטָּֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And we utterly destroyedחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• them, as we didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• unto Sihonסִיחוֹןsîychôn sîychôn · SihonH5511
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• the menמַתmath · manH4962
• womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• and childrenטַףţaph · childH2945
• of every cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:6

• Deuteronomy 2:34At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.
• Deuteronomy 20:16However, you must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
• Leviticus 27:28“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the Lord from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the Lord.
• Numbers 21:2Then Israel made a vow to the Lord, “If you will hand this people over to us, we will completely destroy their cities.”
• Joshua 11:14The Israelites plundered all the spoils and cattle of these cities for themselves. But they struck down every person with the sword until they had annihilated them, leaving no one alive.
• Deuteronomy 3:2But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.’
• Deuteronomy 2:24“The Lord also said, ‘Get up, move out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have handed the Amorites’ King Sihon of Heshbon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession of it; engage him in battle.
• Psalms 135:10He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
• Psalms 136:19Sihon king of the Amorites His faithful love endures forever.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11See Numbers 21:33–35.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-83-8. Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination. Houses and cities were razed to the ground; all classes of people were put to the sword; and nothing was saved but the cattle, of which an immense amount fell as spoil into the hands of the conquerors. Thus, the two Amorite kings and the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 3:6

• Canaan
• Israel
• Massacre
• Og
• Reubenites
• Sihon
• Walls, of the Cities
• War

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Sihon
• Bashan
• Encourage
• Man
• Meet
• Og
• Region
• Strengthen
• Suffice

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings