Deuteronomy 3:2

2 God said to me, "Don't be afraid of him; I'm turning him over to you, along with his whole army and his land. Treat him the way you treated Sihon king of the Amorites who ruled from Heshbon."

Deuteronomy 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:2

And the Lord said unto me
When Og was marching with all his forces against Israel:

fear him not, &c; (See Gill on Numbers 21:34).

Deuteronomy 3:2 In-Context

1 Then we turned north and took the road to Bashan. Og king of Bashan, he and all his people, came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
2 God said to me, "Don't be afraid of him; I'm turning him over to you, along with his whole army and his land. Treat him the way you treated Sihon king of the Amorites who ruled from Heshbon."
3 So God, our God, also handed Og king of Bashan over to us - Og and all his people - and we utterly crushed them. Again, no survivors.
4 At the same time we took all his cities. There wasn't one of the sixty cities that we didn't take - the whole region of Argob, Og's kingdom in Bashan.
5 All these cities were fortress cities with high walls and barred gates. There were also numerous unwalled villages.
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