Deuteronomy 3:6

 Deuteronomy 3:6

And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

a. NASB 2020: “We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.   [NASB20] New American Standard Bible. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation; All Rights Reserved]

b. YLT: And we devote them, as we have done to Sihon king of Heshbon, devoting every city, men, the women, and the infants;  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. Classic Amplified: And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city—men, women, and children.   [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

d.  Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: We destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, destroyed every populated city, the women and small children [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]

e. ESV: And we devoted them to destruction,[fn] as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children.  [Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001, 2007, 2011, 2016 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.]

f. Unless otherwise stated, all Greek and Hebrew definitions are from Blue Letter Bible

1. “And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.”

a. [And we] utterly destroyed [Strong: 2763 châram, khaw-ram'; a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose:—make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).]

b. them [Strong: 853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English).]

c. as [Strong: 834 ʼăsher, ash-er'; a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.:—× after, × alike, as (soon as), because, × every, for, + forasmuch, + from whence, + how(-soever), × if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), × though, + until, + whatsoever, when, where (+ -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, + whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.]

d. [we] did [Strong: 6213 ʻâsâh, aw-saw'; a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application:—accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.]

e. [unto] Sihon [Strong: 5511 Çîychôwn, see-khone'; or סִיחֹן Çîychôn; from the same as H5477; tempestuous; Sichon, an Amoritish king:—Sihon.]

f. king [Strong: 4428 melek, meh'-lek; from H4427; a king:—king, royal.]

g. [of] Heshbon [Strong: 2809 Cheshbôwn, khesh-bone'; the same as H2808; Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan:—Heshbon.]

h. [utterly] destroying [Strong: 2763 châram, khaw-ram'; a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose:—make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).]

i. [the] men [Strong: 4962 math, math; from the same as H4970; properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural):— few, × friends, men, persons, × small.]

j. women [Strong: 802 ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'; feminine of H376 or H582; irregular plural, נָשִׁים nâshîym;(used in the same wide sense as H582) a woman:—(adulter) ess, each, every, female, × many, none, one, together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.]

k. [and] children [Strong: 2945 ṭaph, taf; from H2952 (perhaps referring to the tripping gait of children); a family (mostly used collectively in the singular):—(little) children (ones), families.]

l. [of] every [Strong: 3605 kôl, kole; or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל kôwl; from H3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):—(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

m. city [Strong: 5892 ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.]

1). Giants were the result of the cohabitation of angels and human women (Genesis 6:1-4). The purpose of the angel and man cohabitation was to corrupt the blood line in order to prevent the Messiah from coming through the seed of men (Genesis 3:14, 15).  There had to be two eruptions of fallen angels, one before the flood and one after. The purpose of the second eruption was the same as the first, to corrupt the human bloodline. The angels who were in this second eruption were also angels who had previously participated in the original rebellion mentioned in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28. See notes in Genesis 6:1-4; 6:9. 

2). It is possible that wherever there was a possibility of giant DNA in any of these people God demanded them all to be destroyed. Perhaps some of the giants were born long after the initial co-mingling of human and angel because of giant DNA lingering in humans far down the bloodline? Perhaps a good example is found in the Amalekites.

a). One of the reasons the LORD was so determined to get rid of Amalek, Amalek had giant DNA in him. Amalek was born to Timna and Eliphaz. Eliphaz was Esau’s son (Genesis 36:11, 12). Seir was a Horite, a giant (Deuteronomy 2:20-22). His son was Lotan, brother to Timna. She was Lotan’s sister and the daughter of Seir the giant.. (Genesis 36:20-22).

b). Deuteronomy 2:22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

c). Genesis 14:5, 6 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

14: 6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

d). Timna was the daughter of Seir the giant, she was Lotan’s sister. Lotan was the son of Seir (Genesis 36:20). Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau (Genesis 36:12). Amalek was their son (Genesis 36:12). Probably the main reason the LORD wanted them to be destroyed.

3). God not only used Israel to destroy the giant clans. He used anyone who was available. He used the Mesopotamian kings in Genesis 14 to destroy them (Genesis 14:5-7). He used the Moabites to remove them (Deuteronomy 2:9-11). He also used the children of Esau to remove them (Deuteronomy 2:12).