Deuteronomy 3:4

Deuteronomy 3:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom in Bashan.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And we took all his cities at that time—there was not a city that we did not take from them—sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

Context of Deuteronomy 3:4

2But the Lord told me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.’ 3“So the Lord our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived. We conquered all sixty of his towns—the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest. 5These towns were all fortified with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time. 6We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered—men, women, and children alike.

Deuteronomy 3:4 word by word

וַנִּלְכֹּ֤ד אֶת־כָּל־עָרָיו֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא לֹ֤א הָֽיְתָה֙ קִרְיָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־לָקַ֖חְנוּ מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם שִׁשִּׁ֥ים עִיר֙ כָּל־חֶ֣בֶל אַרְגֹּ֔ב מַמְלֶ֥כֶת ע֖וֹג בַּבָּשָֽׁן׃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
• there was not a cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• which we tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• not from them, threescoreשִׁשִּׁיםshishshîym · sixtyH8346
• all the regionחֶ֫בֶלchebel chêbel · cordH2256
• of Argobאַרְגֹּב'argôb · ArgobH709
• the kingdomמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• of Ogעוֹג‛ôg · OgH5747
• in Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:4

• Numbers 32:33So Moses assigned land to the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph. He gave them the territory of King Sihon of the Amorites and the land of King Og of Bashan—the whole land with its cities and surrounding lands.
• Joshua 12:4King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.
• Joshua 13:30Their territory extended from Mahanaim, including all of Bashan, all the former kingdom of King Og, and the sixty towns of Jair in Bashan.
• 1 Kings 4:13Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead, including the Towns of Jair (named for Jair of the tribe of Manasseh) in Gilead, and in the Argob region of Bashan, including sixty large fortified towns with bronze bars on their gates.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4All the region of Argob - ארגב חבל כל col chebel Argob, all the cable or cord of Argob; this expression, which is used in various other parts of Scripture, (see, in the original, Amos 7:17; Micah 2:5; Deuteronomy 32:9; Psalm 16:6;), shows that anciently land was measured by lines or cords of a certain length, in a similar way to that by the chain among us, and the schoenus or cord among the Egyptians. Some think that it was the region of Argob that was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Threescore cities - Probably the cities of Jair in Bashan described in Deuteronomy 3:14 as Bashan-havoth-jair. All the region of Argob - The Hebrew word here rendered “region,” means literally “rope” or “cable”; and though undoubtedly used elsewhere in a general topographical sense for portion or district (e. g. Joshua 17:5), has a special propriety in reference to Argob (mod. Lejah). The name Argob means “stone-heap,” and is paraphrased by the Targums…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Argob may be another name for Bashan. It may also refer to a specific area within Bashan that had many towns and people.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 3:4

• Argob
• Canaan
• Israel
• Og
• Reubenites

In the dictionaries

• Bashan
• Og
• Argob
• City
• Encourage
• Meet
• Region
• Sihon
• 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