Deuteronomy 3:6

6 And [so] we destroyed them just as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon; [we destroyed] utterly each town of males, the women, and the little children.

Deuteronomy 3:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 3:6

And we utterly destroyed them
Not the cities, but the inhabitants of them:

as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon;
they did not destroy his cities, for they took them and dwelt in them; but the people that lived there, as follows here:

utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city;
see ( Deuteronomy 2:34 ) .

Deuteronomy 3:6 In-Context

4 And we captured all [of] his towns at that time; [there] was not a city that we did not take from them.

5 All of these [were] fortified towns with high walls, gates, and bars, {apart from} very many [of] the villages of the open country.

6 And [so] we destroyed them just as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon; [we destroyed] utterly each town of males, the women, and the little children.

7 But all [of] the livestock and the booty of the towns we kept as spoil for ourselves.

8 "And so we took at that time the land from {the control of} [the] two kings of the Amorites who [were] {on the other side of the Jordan}, from the wadi of Arnon up to {Mount Hermon}.