King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:35 in the King James Version says “Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.”
Deuteronomy 2:35 · KJV
And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: the men: Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, leanness, i.e., (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although
“Only the cattle”
H929properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
“of the cities”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which we took”
H3920to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
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