Kill, Pillage, and Plunder

“Then the LORD said to me, ‘Look, I have begun to hand King Sihon and his land over to you.  Begin now to conquer and occupy his land.’  Then King Sihon declared war on us and mobilized his forces at Jahaz.  But the LORD our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.  We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone – men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.  We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.  “The LORD our God helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead.  No town had walls too strong for us.  (Deuteronomy 2:31-36 NLT)