E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:34
destroyed = devoted to destruction. Hebrew. haram . Compare Deuteronomy 3:6 ; Deuteronomy 7:2 ; Deuteronomy 20:17 . men. Hebrew. methim . See App-14 . read more
destroyed = devoted to destruction. Hebrew. haram . Compare Deuteronomy 3:6 ; Deuteronomy 7:2 ; Deuteronomy 20:17 . men. Hebrew. methim . See App-14 . read more
a prey. For the law governing this see Numbers 31:0 . read more
Aroer. Numbers 32:34 . The name is on the Moabite Stone. See App-54 . the city: i.e. Ar of Moab. Numbers 21:15 . delivered. Compare Judges 11:21 , Judges 11:22 , Judges 11:26 . "For His mercy endureth for ever", Psalms 136:18-22 . read more
"Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz. And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him and his sons, and all his people. And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; and we left none remaining: only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken. From the Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and from the... read more
3. The conquest of the kingdom of Sihon 2:24-37This narrative closely parallels the one in Numbers 21:21-32. In this account Moses emphasized for the people God’s faithfulness to them. Note especially Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 2:29-31; Deuteronomy 2:33; Deuteronomy 2:36."’All the nations under heaven’ (Deuteronomy 2:25) is an idiomatic hyperbole signifying all the nations in the vicinity; that is, at least from horizon to horizon (under heaven)." [Note: Kalland, p. 32.] "The process of... read more
Review of the Journey (continued)1. The Red sea] i.e. the Gulf of Akaba. On Mt. Seir see Numbers 20:22-29. 4. Through the coast] RV ’through the border,’ as in Numbers 20:18. The Edomites, however, refused to give them a passage through their country: see Numbers 20:14-21. The Israelites accordingly went southward towards Elath and Ezion-geber at the N. end of the Gulf of Akaba (see Deuteronomy 2:8 and on Numbers 20:22), and so round Edom to the country of the Moabites. 9. The Moabites and the... read more
(33) And his sons.—As the Hebrew is written, it should be his son (possibly a person of distinction). read more
(34) And utterly destroyed.—i.e., devoted to destruction. They made them chêrem, like the spoil of Jericho. This could only be by Divine direction. The word implies nothing less. It will be seen, therefore, that the narrative asserts in this case an extermination of Sihon’s people by the express command of Jehovah. read more
(36) Aroer.—According to Conder, “the ruin ‘Ar ‘Air, on the north bank of Wâdy Môjib.” (But he makes the Aroer of Numbers 32:34 a different place, and marks it as unknown. Why?)The city that is by the river.—The description suggests Rabbath-ammon, but this cannot be referred to here. read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:33
sons. So read, but written in Hebrew text "son" (singular) read more