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:
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Gill's Exposition
And we took all his cities at that time,.... As Heshbon, and others mentioned in Num 21:25,
and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones of every city, we left none to remain;…
Barnes' Notes
Utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city - Render, laid under ban (compare Lev 27:28 note) every inhabited city, both women and children: these last words being…
God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not…
Cambridge Bible
And we look all his cities E, Num 21:24 a, possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabboḳ; J, id.25: Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, Ḥeshbon and her towns.…
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