Deuteronomy 2:34 “At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the…”

Deuteronomy 2:34

At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:

World English Bible

We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We left no one remaining.

American Standard Version

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

Geneva Bible 1599

And we tooke all his cities the same time, and destroyed euery citie, men, and women, and children: we let nothing remaine.

Darby Translation

And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, men, and women, and little ones: we let none escape.

Young's Literal Translation

and we capture all his cities at that time, and devote the whole city, men, and the women, and the infants — we have not left a remnant;

Bible in Basic English

At that time we took all his towns, and gave them over to complete destruction, together with men, women, and children; we had no mercy on any:

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Cross references

“utterly destroyed”

Deuteronomy 7:2 1 Samuel 15:3 Deuteronomy 7:26 Deuteronomy 20:16–18 Joshua 7:11 Joshua 11:14

Deuteronomy 7:2 · BSB

and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

1 Samuel 15:3 · BSB

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

Deuteronomy 7:26 · BSB

And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.

Deuteronomy 20:16–18 · BSB

However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

Joshua 7:11 · BSB

Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own p…

Joshua 11:14 · BSB

The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.

Also

Deuteronomy 3:6

Deuteronomy 3:6 · BSB

We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33And the LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and his whole army.

35We carried off for ourselves only the livestock and the plunder from the cities we captured.

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