John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:17
The plain also, and Jordan ,.... The plain by Jordan, the plains of Moab on the side of it, together with the river: and the coast thereof ; the country adjoining to it: from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea ; that is, from Gennesaret, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, called the land of Gennesaret, Matthew 14:34 , from thence to the sea of Sodom, the sea of the plain, where the cities of the plain stood, Sodom, Gomorrah, &c.; and the salt... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 3:16
And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites ,.... The tribes of Reuben and Gad: I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon : see Deuteronomy 3:12 . half the valley and the border ; or rather half the river, the river Arnon; and so it is rendered "the middle of the river", in Joshua 12:2 and so here the middle of the torrent by the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint versions, and by Onkelos: even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon ; beyond which... read more