Deuteronomy 3:6

Translations

Modern

We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

Traditional

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

Literal

And we devoted them to destruction as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, the men, the women, and the children.

Latin

Et delevimus eos, sicut feceramus Sehon regi Hesebon, disperdentes omnem civitatem, virosque ac mulieres et parvulos:

Original

Hebrew

English

We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

Notes

Deuteronomy 3:1–11

See Numbers 21:33–35.

Deuteronomy 1:6–4:40

Secular treaties (formal agreements between nations) often included a section about the past relationship between the two partners. This section reviewed what had happened before the agreement.

In this case, the purpose was to review Israel’s successes and failures since the exodus from Egypt. It reminded the people that God had kept his word, even when they did not obey him.

To prepare the Israelites for life in Canaan, Moses reminded them about life in Egypt, their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, and their past mistakes. He warned them to obey God's covenant. He assured them that God's grace would follow them as they learned to trust and obey the Lord.

Related verses

Deuteronomy 2:34
At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
Deuteronomy 2:24
“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
Psalm 135:10–12
He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
Leviticus 27:28–29
Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
Joshua 11:14
The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
Deuteronomy 20:16–18
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Numbers 21:2
So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
Deuteronomy 3:2
But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
Psalm 136:19–21
Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.

Parallels

Numbers 21:31–35

People

Sihon: Amorite king of Heshbon, defeated by the Israelites

Places

Heshbon: Amorite city conquered by Moses, allotted to Reuben

Glossary

Ammon, Ammonites Amorites Archaeology and the Bible Ashtaroth, Ashterathite Curse, Cursed Deuteronomy, Book of Edrei Jabbok Manasseh, Tribe of Numbers, Book of Og Tribe of Dan

Topics

Canaan: Land of Conquest of, by the Israelites Israel: Defeat the King of Baasha Journey of Israel Through The Desert: To the Mountains of Abarim: Og Conquered Massacre of Bashan of the Cities Walls of Bashan, Destroyed by the Israelites Og: Defeated and Killed by Moses Reubenites: Have Their Inheritance East of the Jordan River Sihon: Conquest of his Kingdom by the Israelites War of Extermination

Deuteronomy 3:6

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