Deuteronomio 3:4

4 E in quel tempo pigliammo tutte le sue città; e non vi fu città alcuna che noi non prendessimo loro; noi prendemmo sessanta città, tutta la contrada di Argob, ch’era il regno di Og, in Basan.

Deuteronomio 3:4 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:4

And we took all his cities at that time
Not only Edrei where the battle was fought, and Ashteroth his capital city, but all the rest in his kingdom:

there was not a city which we took not from them;
not one stood out, but all surrendered on summons; the number of which follows:

three score cities;
which was a large number for so small a country, and shows it to be well inhabited:

all the region of Argob;
which was a small province of

the kingdom of Og in Bashan:
Aben Ezra and Jarchi observe, that it was called after a man, i.e. whose name was Argob; the Targum of Onkelos names it Tracona, and the Targum of Jonathan Targona, the same with Trachonitis in Josephus and other authors; see ( Luke 3:1 ) , Jerom relates

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 that in his time, about Gerasa, a city of Arabia, fifteen miles from it to the west, there was a village which was called Arga, which seems to carry in it some remains of the ancient name of this country; and the Samaritan version, in all places where Argob is, calls it Rigobaah; and in the Misnah ^F9 mention is made of a place called Ragab, beyond Jordan, famous for its being the second place for the best oil.

F8 De loc. Heb. fol. 87. M.
F9 Misn. Menachot, c. 8. sect. 3.

Deuteronomio 3:4 In-Context

2 E il Signore mi disse: Non temerlo; perciocchè io ti do nelle mani lui, e tutta la sua gente, e il suo paese: e fagli come tu facesti a Sihon, re degli Amorrei, che abitava in Hesbon.

3 E il Signore Iddio nostro ci diede nelle mani eziandio Og, re di Basan, e tutta la sua gente; e noi lo percotemmo, per maniera che non gli lasciammo alcuno in vita.

4 E in quel tempo pigliammo tutte le sue città; e non vi fu città alcuna che noi non prendessimo loro; noi prendemmo sessanta città, tutta la contrada di Argob, ch’era il regno di Og, in Basan.

5 Tutte quelle città erano fortificate con alte mura, con porte e sbarre; oltre alle terre non murate, ch’erano in grandissimo numero.

6 E noi le distruggemmo al modo dell’interdetto, come avevamo fatto a Sihon, re di Hesbon; distruggendo al modo dell’interdetto, in tutte le città, gli uomini, le donne, e i fanciulli.