Deuteronomy 20:17 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NKJV

but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the Lord your God has commanded you,

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Directions intended to prevent wanton destruction of life and property in sieges.

(Deuteronomy 20:16) Forbearance, however, was …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Deuteronomy 20:10–20. SIEGES.

When thou comest nigh ... proclaim peace. —Not as the c…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

But you shall utterly destroy them
Men, women, and children: some think this is to be understood only of such cities which did…