Deuteronomy 2:24-37

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:24-37

God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not made any attack upon them, here he recompenses them for their obedience by giving them possession of the country of Sihon king of the Amorites. If we forbear what God forbids, we shall receive what he promises, and shall be no losers at last by our obedience, though it may seem for the present to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:24

Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon ,.... Which was on the border of Moab, and divided between Moab and the Amorites, Numbers 21:13 . behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon, the Amorite, king of Heshbon , and his land; that is, he had determined to give it to the Israelites, for as yet it was not actually given; of this king, and the place he was king of; see Gill on Numbers 21:21 , Numbers 21:26 begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:25

This day will I begin to put the dread of thee ,.... And so fulfil the prophecies delivered by Moses in Exodus 15:14 . and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven ; not only the neighbouring nations, the Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, Philistines, and Canaanites, but nations more remote even throughout the whole world: who shall report of thee ; of what was done for Israel in Egypt, and at the Red sea, and in the wilderness; and particularly of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:26

And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth ,.... A city in the tribe of Reuben, and given by them to the Levites in later times, having been taken from the Amorites with others; near this lay a wilderness, which took its name from it, and seems to be the same with Jeshimon, Numbers 21:20 . Aben Ezra takes it to be the wilderness of Matthanah, which according to Jerom F7 De loc. Heb. fol. 93. C. was situated on Arnon, twelve miles to the east of Medeba; see Numbers 21:18... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:27

Let me pass through thy land ,.... See Gill on Numbers 21:22 , I will go along by the highway ; the king's highway, as in the place referred to, the public road: I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left ; to go into his fields and vineyards, and gather the fruit, or tread down the corn and vines, or do any manner of mischief to them; see the above place. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:28

Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat ,.... If they thought fit to have provision of them, they desired no other but to pay for it: and give me water for money, that I may drink ; see Deuteronomy 2:6 , only I will pass through on my feet ; for they were all footmen, Numbers 11:21 , of the phrase; see Gill on Numbers 20:19 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:29

As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ,.... Which respects, as Jarchi observes, not the affair of passing through their land requested, for neither of them granted that, but buying food and drink; for though the Edomites at first seem not to have granted that, yet afterwards they did. The mountain of Seir, and the city Ar, are put for the whole countries of Edom and Moab: until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:30

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him ,.... Or through his country, as was desired: for the Lord had hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate ; as he did Pharaoh's, for whom he will he hardens; so that he would not listen to the proposals made to him, nor grant the requests asked of him, but with pride and haughtiness of spirit despised and disdained Israel: that he might deliver him into thine hand ; that so an opportunity might offer of fighting with him,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:31

And the Lord said unto me ,.... After or about the time when the messengers were sent to Sihon, perhaps when they had returned and had brought his answer: behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee ; by hardening his heart, which was a sure token of his ruin, and a leading step to the delivery of him into the hands of Israel: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land ; move towards it and enter into it, not fearing any opposition made by him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 2:32

Then Sihon came out against us ,.... Perceiving they were upon their march towards his land or into it, he gathered all his people and went out of Heshbon their capital city, where he resided: he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz ; a city which he had taken from the king of Moab, and which in later times, after the captivity of the ten tribes, came into their hands again, Isaiah 15:4 ; see Gill on Numbers 21:21 . read more

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