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Numbers 21:35

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So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.

KJV

So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

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This verse in Numbers 21

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

So they smote him, and his sons - There is a curious note of Dr. Lightfoot here, of which I should think it wrong to deprive the reader. “Sihon and Og conquered, A. M. 2553. Of the life of Moses, 120. From the Exodus, 40. It is now six and twenty generations from the creation, or from Adam to Moses; and accordingly doth Psalm 136, rehearse the durableness of God’s mercy six and twenty times over, beginning the story with the creation, and ending it in the conquest of Sihon and Og.

This site's exposition

So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people

None is left alive and the land is possessed, which closes a chapter that opened with a Canaanite king taking Israelites prisoner. Psalm 135:10-11 and Psalm 136:19-20 keep Sihon king of the Amorites and Og king of Bashan in Israel's praise by name, so these two battles became liturgy. The generation sentenced at Kadesh is gone and its children are taking ground.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

So they smote him and his sons, and all his people,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But it proved that he meddled to his own hurt; had he sat still, his people might have been last destroyed of all the Canaanites, but now they were the first. Thus those that are overmuch wicked die before their time, Eccl. vii.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיַּכּ֨וּand they struck down

    vaiyakuH5221 →499 times

  • אֹת֤וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • בָּנָיו֙sons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • עַמּ֔וֹpeople his

    amoH5971 →1873 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • בִּלְתִּ֥יnot

    biltiH1115 →112 times

  • הִשְׁאִֽיר־he had left

    hishir-H7604 →133 times

  • ל֖וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • שָׂרִ֑ידa survivor

    saridH8300 →

  • וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּand they took possession of

    vaiyireshuH3423 →231 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אַרְצֽוֹ׃land his

    ʾartzoH776 →2504 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Deuteronomy 3:3So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.4 worksDeuteronomy 20:16However, 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.3 worksPsalms 135:10–12He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:2 worksJoshua 13:12the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,2 worksJoshua 12:4–6And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.2 worksDeuteronomy 29:7–8When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Judges 10:11The LORD replied, “When the Egyptians, Amorites, Ammonites, Philistines,2 worksRomans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.1 worksPsalms 136:17–21He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.1 works

The walk

4 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Joshua 13:12

    the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,

    it leads to

    • Joshua 12:4

      And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

    • Deuteronomy 3:10–11

      all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

    • Joshua 14:3–4

      For Moses had given the inheritance east of the Jordan to the other two and a half tribes. But he granted no inheritance among them to the Levites.

    • Numbers 21:23–35

      But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 21 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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