We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
Parallel translations
- WEB We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.
- KJV And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
- NKJV And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
- NASB We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
- NLT We 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.
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Quick answer
Israel devoted Og's cities to destruction as with Sihon. It applies the same herem judgment to Bashan.
Overview
As with Sihon, the inhabitants of Bashan were devoted to destruction under God's judgment. The repetition marks this as a consistent act within a particular season of divine judgment in redemptive history. Read soberly, it underscores the gravity of sin and points ahead to the final reckoning from which Christ delivers His people.
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- Deut 2:34At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
- Ps 135:10–12He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:
- Deut 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.
- Josh 11:14The 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.
- Deut 20:16–18However, 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 3:2But 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.”
- Ps 136:19–21Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
- Num 21:2So Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
- Lev 27:28–29Nothing 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.
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