Deuteronomy 3 · Verse 4

Deuteronomy 3:4

And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
Deuteronomy 3:4, King James Version

Deuteronomy 3:4 in other translations

BSBAt that time we captured all sixty of his cities. There was not a single city we failed to take—the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
WEBWe took all his cities at that time. There was not a city which we didn’t take from them: sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
ASVAnd we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
YLTand we capture all his cities at that time, there hath not been a city which we have not taken from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
DARBYAnd we took all his cities at that time: there was not a town which we took not from them, sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
BBEAt that time we took all his towns; there was not one town of the sixty towns, all the country of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which we did not take.
WebsterAnd we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

What does Deuteronomy 3:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 3:3-8

3-8. Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination. Houses and cities were razed to the ground; all classes of people were put to the sword; and nothing was saved but the cattle, of which an immense amount fell as spoil into the hands of the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 All the region of Argob - כל חבל ארגב col chebel Argob, all the cable or cord of Argob; this expression, which is used in various other parts of Scripture, (see, in the original, Amo 7:17; Mic 2:5; Deu 32:9; Psa 16:6), shows that anciently land was measured by lines or cords of a certain length, in a similar way to that by the chain among us, and the schoenus or cord among the Egyptians. Some think that it was the region of Argob that was afterwards called the region of Trachonites.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:1-11

Og was very powerful, but he did not take warning by the ruin of Sihon, and desire conditions of peace. He trusted his own strength, and so was hardened to his destruction. Those not awakened by the judgments of God on others, ripen for the like judgments on themselves.

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Deuteronomy 3:4 in the original Hebrew

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וַנִּלְכֹּ֤דva.nil.Kodand we capturedH3920
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עָרָיו֙'a.Ravcities hisH5892
בָּעֵ֣תba.'Etat the timeH6256
הַהִ֔ואha.Hiv'<the> thatH1931
לֹ֤אlo'notH3808
הָֽיְתָה֙ha.ye.Tahit wasH1961
קִרְיָ֔הkir.Yaha townH7151
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
לָקַ֖חְנוּla.Kach.nuwe tookH3947
מֵֽאִתָּ֑םme.'i.Tamfrom with <the> themH854
שִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi.ShimsixtyH8346
עִיר֙'irciti[es]H5892
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
חֶ֣בֶלChe.vel[the] region ofH2256
אַרְגֹּ֔ב'ar.GoArgobH709
מַמְלֶ֥כֶתmam.Le.khet[the] kingdom ofH4467
ע֖וֹגogOgH5747
בַּבָּשָֽׁן\׃ba.ba.Shanin <the> BashanH1316

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 3:4

  • 1 Kings 4:13

    The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

  • Joshua 12:4

    And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

  • Numbers 32:33-42

    And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, And Beth–nimrah, and Beth–haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. …

  • Joshua 13:30-31

    And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all his cities.
Nu 32:33-42; Jos 12:4; 13:30,31
all the region.
1Ki 4:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 3:3

    So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

  • Deuteronomy 3:4

    And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.

  • Deuteronomy 3:5

    All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.

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Deuteronomy 3:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomamos entonces todas sus ciudades; no quedó ciudad que no les tomásemos: sesenta ciudades, toda la tierra de Argob, del reino de Og en Basán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et nous avons pris toutes ses villes, en ce temps-là; il n’y eut point de ville que nous ne leur ayons prise: 60 villes, toute la région d’Argob, le royaume d’Og, en Basan;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und in selbiger Zeit nahmen wir alle seine Städte ein; es war keine Stadt, die wir ihnen nicht nahmen: sechzig Städte, den ganzen Landstrich Argob, das Königreich Ogs in Basan;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
vastantes cunctas civitates illius uno tempore. Non fuit oppidum, quod nos effugeret: sexaginta urbes, omnem regionem Argob regni Og in Basan.