Deuteronomy 2:33

33 But the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him and his sons and all his people.

Deuteronomy 2:33 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:33

And the Lord our God delivered him before us
With their lands:

and we smote him and his sons, and all his people;
with the edge of the sword; slew them all: the Cetib or textual reading is "his son", though the Keri or margin is "his sons", which we follow. So Jarchi observes, it is written "his son", because he had a son mighty as himself, he says.

Deuteronomy 2:33 In-Context

31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee; begin, take possession that thou may inherit his land.

32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.

33 But the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him and his sons and all his people.

34 And we took all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed all the cities, the men and the women and the little ones; we left none to remain.

35 We took only the beasts for a prey unto ourselves and the spoil of the cities which we took.