We utterly destroyed them. —Devoted them, made them chêrem, as above (Deuteronomy 2:34).

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

as we did to Sihon king of …

Og was very powerful, but he did not take warning from the ruin of Sihon, nor did he desire conditions of peace. He trusted his own strength, and s…