Deuteronomy 2:34

34 We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone—men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.

Deuteronomy 2:34 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 2:34

And we took all his cities at that time
As Heshbon, and others mentioned in ( Numbers 21:25 Numbers 21:30 Numbers 21:32 ) ( Numbers 32:3 Numbers 32:34-38 ) ,

and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones
of every city, we left none to remain;
for the Amorites were one of the seven nations who were devoted to destruction, the measure of whose iniquity was now full, and therefore vengeance was taken.

Deuteronomy 2:34 In-Context

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

33 But the LORD our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.

34 We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone—men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.

35 We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.

36 “The LORD our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.