Deuteronomy 2:34

Deuteronomy 2:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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:
• New International Version (NIV)At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.
• New King James Version (NKJV)We took all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.

Context of Deuteronomy 2:34

32Then Sihon and all his army came out to fight a battle against us at Jahaz. 33The Lord our God put him under our power. We won the battle against him. We killed King Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers. At that time we took all his towns and we gave everything as a gift to the Lord. We killed the men, women and children. We left no one alive. 35But we kept the farm animals and other valuable things in the cities for ourselves. 36The Lord our God gave us all their towns. That included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon valley, the city in the valley and other towns all the way to Gilead. No town was too strong for us to take.

Deuteronomy 2:34 word by word

וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־כָּל־עָרָיו֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא וַֽנַּחֲרֵם֙ אֶת־כָּל־עִ֣יר מְתִ֔ם וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים וְהַטָּ֑ף לֹ֥א הִשְׁאַ֖רְנוּ שָׂרִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And we tookלָכַדlâkad · to captureH3920
• all his citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• at that timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• and utterly destroyedחָרַםchâram · to devote/destroyH2763
• the menמַתmath · manH4962
• and the womenאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• and the little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
• we leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• none to remainשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 2:34

• Deuteronomy 7:2The Lord your God will put those people under your power so that you win against them. When that happens, you must destroy them completely as a gift to God. Do not make any agreement with them to keep them safe. Do not be kind to them.
• Deuteronomy 20:16You will take for yourselves the cities in the land that the Lord your God is giving to you as your home. In those cities, you must kill everything that is alive, people and animals.
• Leviticus 27:28A man might give to the Lord something that the man has. Everything that a man gives like that is holy. It might be a person, an animal or land. The priest must not sell it. A man cannot take it back. Everything that someone gives to the Lord is most holy.
• Numbers 21:2The Israelites made this promise to the Lord: ‘If you put these people under our power, we will destroy their towns for you.’
• Joshua 7:11Israel has done a bad thing. They have not obeyed the command of the covenant that I made with them. That have taken for themselves some of the valuable things that belong to me. They have taken them and they have tried to deceive me. They have hidden them among their own things.
• Joshua 8:25All the people of Ai died on that day. That was 12,000 men and women.
• Joshua 9:24The Gibeonites said to Joshua, ‘We heard about the command that the Lord your God had given to his servant, Moses. We know that he told Moses to take the whole of our land for you to live in. We know that you must kill all the people who live there now. Because of that, we were very afraid that you would kill us. That is why we did what we did.
• Joshua 11:14The Israelites took for themselves all the animals and the valuable things from those cities. But they killed all the people. They did not let any of them live.
• 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and attack the Amalekites. Completely destroy everything that they have. Do not save anything. Kill the men and women, as well as their children and babies. Kill their cows, sheep, camels and donkeys.” ’

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2:34

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34Utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city - Render, laid under ban (compare Leviticus 27:28 note) every inhabited city, both women and children: these last words being added by way of fuller explanation.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-37Verses 24-37 God tried his people, by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorites. If we keep from what God forbids, we shall not lose by our obedience. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; and he gives it to whom he pleases; but when there is no express direction, none can plead his grant for such proceedings. Though God assured the Israelites that the land…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34devoted to destruction (Hebrew kharam): The Hebrew term means dedicating things or people entirely to the Lord. This could be either by destroying them or offering them. The purpose was to protect the Lord’s holiness. It also guarded Israel from pagan idolatry (see also Leviticus 27:28–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-3719-37. when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them--The Ammonites, being kindred to the Moabites, were, from regard to the memory of their common ancestor, to remain undisturbed by the Israelites. The territory of this people had been directly north from that of Moab. It extended as far as the Jabbok, having been taken by them from a number of small Canaanitish tribes, namely, the Zamzummins, a…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 2:34

• Amorites
• Israel
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 2

• 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