Joshua 13:17-21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 13:7-33

Here we have, I. Orders given to Joshua to assign to each tribe its portion of this land, including that which was yet unsubdued, which must be brought into the lot, in a believing confidence that it should be conquered when Israel was multiplied so as to have occasion for it (Josh. 13:7): Now divide this land. Joshua thought all must be conquered before any must be divided. ?No,? said, God, ?there is as much conquered as will serve your turn for the present; divide this, and make your best of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:17

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain ,.... Which was by Medeba, and reached to Dibon: Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon ; Dibon was rebuilt by Gad, though it belonged to Reuben, and perhaps was inhabited by both, being on the borders of each; and Bamothbaal signifies the high places of Baal; see Numbers 22:41 ; perhaps this is the same with Bamoth in the valley, Numbers 21:20 ; and Bethbaalmeon is the same with Baalmeon in Numbers 32:38 ; where it is highly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:18

And Jahazah ,.... Called Jahaz, Numbers 21:23 , where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel: and Kedemoth ; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent messengers with words of peace to Sihon, Deuteronomy 2:26 , and Mephaath ; thought to be the Maipha of Ptolemy F6 Geograph. l. 6. c. 7. ; here Jerom says F7 De loc Heb. fol. 93. D. , in his time was a garrison of Roman soldiers, because of the desert that was near. It... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:19

And Kirjathaim ,.... Of which See Gill on Numbers 32:37 , and Sibmah ; of which See Gill on Numbers 32:3 and See Gill on Numbers 32:38 , and Zarethshahar, in the mount of the valley ; which was built on one of the mountains that looked over the valley of Moab, as did Nebo, Pisgah, Abarim; perhaps it is the same place Josephus F11 Antiqu. l. 13. c. 15. sect. 4. calls Zara, to which he joins the valley of the Cilicians, and mentions it along with Heshbon, Medeba, and other... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:20

And Bethpeor ,.... So called from Peor, the idol of the Moabites, and where very likely there had been a temple built to the honour of it; over against this place was a valley, where Israel abode some time, Deuteronomy 3:29 , and Ashdodpisgah ; of which see Deuteronomy 3:17 , and Bethjeshimoth ; of which see Numbers 33:49 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:21

And all the cities of the plain ,.... In the champaign country, as well as those in the mountainous part: and all the kingdom of Sihon ; or, as Masius renders the words, "which all had been the kingdom of Sihon"; for the whole kingdom of Sihon was not given to Reuben, only a part of it, and the rest to Gad, as in Joshua 13:27 , king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon ; as in Joshua 13:10 , whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur , and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:17

Bamoth-baal - The high places of Baal, probably so called from altars erected on hills for the impure worship of this Canaanitish Priapus. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:18

Jahaza - A city near Medeba and Dibon. It was given to the Levites, 1 Chronicles 6:78 . Kedemoth - Mentioned Deuteronomy 2:26 ; supposed to have been situated beyond the river Arnon. Mephaath - Situated on the frontiers of Moab, on the eastern part of the desert. It was given to the Levites, Joshua 21:37 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:19

Kirjathaim - This city, according to Eusebius, was nine miles distant from Medeba, towards the east. It passed from the Emim to the Moabites, from the Moabites to the Amorites, and from the Amorites to the Israelites, Genesis 14:6 ; Deuteronomy 2:20 . Calmet supposes the Reubenites possessed it till the time they were carried away by the Assyrians; and then the Moabites appear to have taken possession of it anew, as he collects from Jeremiah 48:1 ; etc., and Ezekiel 25:9 ; etc. ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Joshua 13:20

Beth-peor - The house or temple of Peor, situated at the foot of the mountain of the same name. See Numbers 25:3 . read more

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