And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people.
- KJV And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
- NKJV And the Lord our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, his sons, and all his people.
- NASB And the Lord our God turned him over to us, and we defeated him with his sons and all his people.
- NLT But the Lord our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.
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Quick answer
The LORD delivered Sihon to Israel, who struck him, his sons, and all his people. It credits the victory to God.
Overview
The decisive triumph over Sihon is framed as the LORD's act of handing the enemy over, with Israel as the instrument. This total defeat fulfills the promise of verse 31 and becomes a recurring memorial of God's faithfulness throughout the Old Testament. It reminds God's people that their security rests in His saving power.
Cross-references & the web
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- Deut 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
- Josh 21:44And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Judg 1:4When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
- Josh 10:30–42And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Deut 20:16However, 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.
- Deut 29:7–8When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.
- Judg 7:2Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
- Num 21:24And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
- Deut 3:2–3But 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.”
- Gen 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
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