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Deuteronomy 20:17 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 20 · verse 17
But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:Deuteronomy 20:17 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 20:17 in context
15Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
16But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
19When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- CanaanitesKᵉnaʻanîya Kenaanite or inhabitant of KenaanH3669 →
- PerizzitesPᵉrizzîya Perizzite, one of the Canaanitish tribesH6522 →
- JebusitesYᵉbûwçîya Jebusite or inhabitant of JebusH2983 →
- HittitesChittîya Chittite, or descendant of ChethH2850 →
- AmoritesʼĔmôrîyan Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribesH567 →
- utterlychâramto secludeH2763 →
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They are here directed what method to take in dealing with the cities (these only are mentioned, Deu 20:10, but doubtless the armies in the field, and the nations they had occasion to deal with, are likewise intended) upon which they made war.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-20