Deuteronomy 2:20,Deuteronomy 2:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:20-23

Another parenthetical insertion, containing some ethnographical notices, intended, probably, to confirm the assertion that to the children of Ammon God had given their land for a possession. There is no sufficient reason for supposing that this paragraph is an interpolation, or gloss, inserted by some later writer. It lay as much in the way of Moses to introduce such ethnographical notices as in that of any writer of a later age. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:20-23

These verses, like Deuteronomy 2:10-12, are in all likelihood an addition made by a later reviser.Deuteronomy 2:20Zamzummims - A giant race usually identified with the Zuzims of Genesis 14:5.Deuteronomy 2:23The Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah - Read (Gaza, of which Azzah is the Hebrew form. “Hazerim” is not strictly a proper name, but means “villages,” or “enclosures,” probably such as are still common in the East. The Avims are no doubt identical with the Avites of Joshua 13:3,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

From Kadesh to Jordan (2:1-3:29)God told the Israelites that if they went through the land of Edom, they were not to seize any territory. This was partly because Edom was Israel’s brother nation (being descended from Esau), and partly because the Edomites’ territory, formerly possessed by the Horites, had been given them by God (2:1-7). Similar restrictions applied to Israel’s relations with the nations of Moab and Ammon, both of which were also related to Israel (being descended from Lot).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:20

Zamzummims. A name given them by the Ammonites = noisy ones. See verses: Deuteronomy 2:10-12 , and App-25 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 2:20

Ver. 20. Zamzummims— Supposed to be the same with those called Zuzims. Genesis 14:5. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 2:1-23

2. The march from Kadesh to the Amorite frontier 2:1-23Following Israel’s second departure from Kadesh (Numbers 20) the nation set out for "the wilderness" (Deuteronomy 2:1). This was probably the wilderness of Moab to the east of the Dead Sea. They traveled by "the way to the Red Sea" (Deuteronomy 2:1). This probably refers to the caravan route that ran from several miles south of the Dead Sea to Elath. Elath stood at the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqabah. Then they "circled" around to the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

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

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 2:20

(20) In old time.—See Genesis 14:0Zamzummims = Zuzims (Genesis 14:5). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Deuteronomy 2:30 Professor Andrew Harper remarks on this verse that the writer 'does not mean... to lay upon God the causation of Sihon's obstinacy, so as to make the man a mere helpless victim. His thought rather is, that as God rules all, so to Him must ultimately be traced all that happens in the world. In some sense all acts, whether good or bad, all agencies, whether beneficent or destructive, have their source in, and their power from, Him. But nevertheless men have moral responsibility... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

THE DIVINE GOVERNMENTDeuteronomy 1:1-46; Deuteronomy 2:1-37; Deuteronomy 3:1-29AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1, concerning which there is a doubt whether they do not belong to Numbers, these three chapters stand out as the first section of our book. Examination shows that they form a separate and distinct whole, not continued in chapter 4; but there has been a great diversity of opinion as to their... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:20-23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 2:20-23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 2:20

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Deuteronomy 2:20

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 2:1-23

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 2:20

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:1-37

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