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Devoted to Destruction
Commentators explain that the phrase 'utterly destroyed' translates the Hebrew concept of 'cherem,' meaning to be 'laid under ban' or 'devoted to destruction.' This was not random warfare but a specific, religiously-sanctioned act carried out under what the text presents as an express command from God.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 2:34
18th Century
Theologian
Utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city - Render, laid under ban (compare the note on Leviticu…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 2:34
19th Century
Bishop
And utterly destroyed. —that is, devoted to destruction. They made them chêrem, like the spoil of Jericho. This …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 2:34
17th Century
Pastor
And we took all his cities at that time
As Heshbon, and others mentioned in (Numbers 21:25[Reference Num…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 2:24–37
17th Century
Minister
God tested His people by forbidding them to meddle with the rich countries of Moab and Ammon. He gives them possession of the country of the Amorit…