And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yahweh our God delivered him up before us; and we struck him, his sons, and all his people.
- BSB And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.
- 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 thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
- Josh 21:44And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Judg 1:4And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
- Josh 10:30–42And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho.
- Deut 20:16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
- Deut 29:7–8And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
- Judg 7:2And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Num 21:24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
- Deut 3:2–3And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
- Gen 14:20And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all.
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