Deuteronomy 2:32

32 When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz,

Deuteronomy 2:32 in Other Translations

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

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

32 “Then King Sihon declared war on us and mobilized his forces at Jahaz.

32 So Sihon and his entire army confronted us in battle at Jahaz.

32 So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz.

Deuteronomy 2:32 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:32

Then Sihon came out against us
Perceiving they were upon their march towards his land or into it, he gathered all his people and went out of Heshbon their capital city, where he resided:

he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz;
a city which he had taken from the king of Moab, and which in later times, after the captivity of the ten tribes, came into their hands again, ( Isaiah 15:4 ) ( Jeremiah 48:21 ) , (See Gill on Numbers 21:21).

Deuteronomy 2:32 In-Context

30 But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done.

31 The LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”

32 When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz,

33 the LORD our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army.

34 At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed them—men, women and children. We left no survivors.

Cross References

• 1. S Numbers 21:23