Now these [are] the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: Ver. 1. _Now these are the kings._] Here we have the epilogue of Israel's... [ Continue Reading ]
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, [and] ruled from Aroer, which [is] upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon; Ver. 2. _And from half Gilead._] For the other h... [ Continue Reading ]
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: Ver. 3. _And unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea._] Otherwise called the Dead Sea, or Lake Asphaltites... [ Continue Reading ]
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, [which was] of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, Ver. 4. _Which was of the remnant of giants._] Slain by the Ammonites. Deuteronomy 2:20 _; _ Deu 3:11 Raphaims, they called themselves, that is, Physicians or Preservers; but indeed t... [ Continue Reading ]
_And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon._ Ver. 5. _In mount Hermon._] Which is conceived to be the utmost part of mount Gilead, joining mount Lebanon and Gilead toget... [ Continue Reading ]
Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it [for] a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. Ver. 6. _Moses the servant of the Lord._] See Joshua 1:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;... [ Continue Reading ]
In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: Ver. 8. _See Trapp on "_ Jos 12:7 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which [is] beside Bethel, one; Ver. 9. _The king of Jericho, one._] In this one country of Judea - which was not above two hundred miles long, and sixty miles broad: not near the half of England, as good authors compute it - what abundance of kings find we,... [ Continue Reading ]