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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 21:21-35

We have here an account of the victories obtained by Israel over Sihon and Og, which must be distinctly considered, not only because they are here distinctly related, but because long afterwards the memorial of them is distinctly celebrated, and they are severally assigned as instances of everlasting mercy. He slew Sihon king of the Amorites, for his mercy endureth for ever, and Og the king of Bashan, for his mercy endureth for ever, Ps. 136:19; 20. I. Israel sent a peaceable message to Sihon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:25

And Israel took all these cities ,.... Which lay between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; their particular names may be seen in Numbers 32:3 , and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites ; being given to the Reubenites and Gadites, who inhabited them, as their possession and inheritance, Numbers 32:2 , in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof ; or "daughters thereof" F17 בנתיה "filiabus ejus", Montanus, Munster, Fagius, Grotius. . Heshbon was the metropolis or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:26

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites ,.... His royal city, where he kept his palace, where he had resided for some time, and perhaps some of his predecessors; and therefore being now in his possession when taken by the Israelites, they had a good right and title to keep it, and dwell in it: and indeed this is here given as a reason of it: who had fought against the former king of Moab ; either the king that reigned before Balak, or some king of Moab, that reigned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say ,.... The historical writers of those times, among the Amorites, who were usually poets, and wrote the history of the wars between the Moabites and Amorites in verse; as Homer among the Greeks wrote the wars of Troy; and the compositions of those ancient bards were short and compendious, and wrapped up in proverbial sayings, and enigmatical and figurative expressions, that they might be the better retained in memory, and therefore were called... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:28

For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon ,.... Not before, but after Sihon had subdued it, as Jarchi observes; and is to be understood of his soldiers going out from thence, and making desolations in the adjacent parts, like a strong fire, and the fierce flames of it there is no resisting; and so the Jerusalem Targum,"for a people mighty, and burning like fire, are gone out of Heshbon:'see Amos 1:4 , a flame from the city of Sihon: which is the same thing in other words, the city of Sihon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:29

Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone ,.... The whole country ruined, or likely to be so: O people of Chemosh ; which was the name of their idol, who is called the abomination of the Moabites, 1 Kings 11:7 , he hath given his sons that escaped ; that is, the idol Chemosh had given his sons, the men of the country that worshipped him, who escaped the sword of the Amorites, these: and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites ; who took captive what he slew not,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:30

We have shot at them ,.... Either the Amorites at the Moabites, or else the Israelites at the Amorites; for, according to Aben Ezra, these are the words of Moses, though they, with Numbers 21:29 , seem rather to be a continuation of the song of the old Amorite bards, describing the ruin of the country of Moab by them; and this clause may be rendered with the next, "their light, or lamp, is perished from Heshbon" F18 נירם אבד חשבון "lucerna eorum, Heshbon (seilicet) periit",... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:26

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, etc. - It appears therefore that the territory now taken from Sihon by the Israelites was taken from a former king of Moab, in commemoration of which an epikedion or war song was made, several verses of which, in their ancient poetic form, are here quoted by Moses. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:27

They that speak in proverbs - המשלים hammoshelim , from משל mashal , to rule, to exercise authority; hence a weighty proverbial saying, because admitted as an axiom for the government of life. The moshelim of the ancient Asiatics were the same, in all probability, as the Poetae among the Greeks and Latins, the shaara among the Arabs, who were esteemed as Divine persons, and who had their name from shaara , he knew, understood; whose poems celebrated past transactions, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:25

Verse 25 Numbers 21:25And Israel took all these cities. As if speaking of something present, he uses the demonstrative pronoun, and says, “these cities,” just as if he were pointing them out to the eyes of his readers. The word which we have rendered “towns” (oppida,) (130) others translate “country-houses” (villas,) or “hamlets” (viculos.) In the Hebrew, Moses calls by the name of “daughters” all the villages and lesser towns, whose mother-city (metropolis) was Heshbon. By these words,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 21:21-35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 21:30

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:27

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 21:25

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