King James Version
Deuteronomy 3:6 in the King James Version says “And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.”
Deuteronomy 3:6 · KJV
And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
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“And we utterly destroyed”
H2763to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“And we utterly destroyed”
H2763to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of every city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“the men”
H4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)
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