John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:23
And the Avim, which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah ,.... The same with the Avites, who appear to have inhabited some part of the land of the Philistines, in which Azzah or Gaza was, which was one of the five lordships of the Philistines, Joshua 13:3 . The word Hazerim signifies courts, and a learned man F5 Clayton's Chronology of the Hebrew Bible, p. 65. interprets it of tents or huts placed in a square or circular form, so as to have an area in the middle; and in such the Avim... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:8-23
It is observable here that Moses, speaking of the Edomites (Deut. 2:8), calls them, ?our brethren, the children of Esau.? Though they had been unkind to Israel, in refusing them a peaceable passage through their country, yet he calls them brethren. For, though our relations fail in their duty to us, we must retain a sense of the relation, and not be wanting in our duty to them, as there is occasion. Now in these verses we have, I. The account which Moses gives of the origin of the nations of... read more