Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Numbers 22:39
They came unto Kirjath-huzoth— i.e. according to the margin, a city of streets, which was, probably, the capital city of the kingdom, and so called on account of its extent.
They came unto Kirjath-huzoth— i.e. according to the margin, a city of streets, which was, probably, the capital city of the kingdom, and so called on account of its extent.
KIRJATH-BUZOTH - i. e., “city of streets,” within Balak’s dominions, south of the Arnon, and identified either with the ruins of Shihan, 4 miles west by south of the site assigned to Ar or Ir, or with...
III. EVENTS IN THE PLAIN OF MOAB FACING THE LAND 1. Balak and Balaam and Balaam's Parables CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Balak's message to Balaam (Numbers 22:1)_ 2. The journey of Balaam (Numbers 22:21) 3. Ba...
THE MEETING OF BALAK AND BALAAM. Partly from E. and partly from J, but the distribution between the two sources is uncertain. Probably Numbers 22:36 and Numbers 22:38 belong to E, describing (in conti...
_Kiriath-huzoth_ -The town of streets." The site is unknown....
At this point the narrative of E, interrupted after Numbers 22:21, is resumed. Balak went to the border of his territory to meet Balaam. A sacrificial feast was held, and on the next day Balaam was co...
C. BALAAM YIELDS TO BALAK vv. 15-41 TEXT Numbers 22:15. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. 16. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of...
_AND BALAAM WENT WITH BALAK, AND THEY CAME UNTO KIRJATH-HUZOTH._ Kirjath-huzoth - a city of streets. Its site is unknown. But the street was regarded as the leading characteristic of the city (cf. Ge...
BALAAM The Israelites now enter upon the last stage of their journey to Canaan. They are within sight of the land of promise, being encamped at the northern end of the Dead Sea, near the mouth of the...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 22 THE KING OF THE COUNTRY CALLED MOAB REQUESTS BALAAM’S HELP – NUMBERS 22:1-14 V1 The *Israelites travelle
וַ יֵּ֥לֶךְ בִּלְעָ֖ם עִם ־בָּלָ֑ק וַ יָּבֹ֖א
BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39, Numbers 24:1 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At Kiriath-huzoth,...
BALAAM WARNED WHAT TO SPEAK Numbers 22:21 If only Balaam had abided by his first answer to Balak's request, he would have been saved from the disgrace and suffering which ensued. But he seemed to thi...
We now come to the story of BaIaarn. It is evident that he was a remarkable personality. He appears in the story as a man of integrity, who attempted a literal obedience to the will of God. We are arr...
_City, &c. Hebrew, "Kiryath, chutsoth. " Calmet would read Hares, a city mentioned, Isaias xvi. 7, 11, and styled the walls of brick, (4 Kings iii. 25,) being the same with Ar. But then the former tow...
The long wished for interview is now obtained, and Balak makes sure that he shall now accomplish his wishes against Israel. But Balaam had his fears about him, as conscious sinners sometimes have, tha...
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
39._And Balaam went with Balak. _Moses proceeds to relate how honorably and sumptuously Balaam was received. And first, he records that he was taken to the city of Huzoth; (150) which some would under...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
AND BALAAM WENT WITH BALAK,.... From Ar of Moab, or, however, from the place where they met, to the royal city where Balak had his palace, and seems to be the place following: AND THEY CAME TO KIRJAT...
1 Balaks first message for Balaam is refused. 15 His second message obtaineth him. 22 An Angel would haue slaine him, if his asse had not saued him. 36 Balak intertaineth him. 1 AND the children o...
And Balaam went with Balak, ready, if possible, to do his bidding; AND THEY CAME UNTO KIR-JATH-HUZOTH, a city or town near the hills which run parallel to the Jordan....
Balak's charge to Balaam...
BALAK HIRING BALAAM (vs.1-21) Still within Moab, Israel moved again to the plains and camped near Jordan, across from Jericho. Moab had no power to withstand them, however, though Balak, king of Moa...
KIRJATHHUZOTH: Or, a city of streets...
36-41 Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Ba...
No text from Poole on this verse....
NUMBERS 24:1-25. These three Chapter s form a distinct section of our book a truly marvellous section, abounding in rich and varied instruction. In it we have presented to us, first, the covetous prop...
Numbers 22:39 Balaam H1109 went H3212 (H8799) Balak H1111 came H935 (H8799) Huzoth H2351 H7155 Kirj
BALAAM'S ARRIVAL IN MOAB (NUMBERS 22:36). Numbers 22:36 ‘And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab (or ‘a city of Moab'), which is on the border of the...
CONTENTS: Balaam's visit to Balak and the strange warning on the way. CHARACTERS: God, Balak, Balaam, Angel of Jehovah. CONCLUSION: The enemies of God's people are restless and unwearied in their at...
Numbers 22:5. _To Pethor, which is by the river._ A Pethor was in Mesopotamia; the river is thought to be the Euphrates, or one of its branches, distant at least 500 miles from Moab. Deuteronomy 23:4....
_Balaam went with Balak._ THE MEETING BETWEEN BALAK AND BALAAM We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God’s Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectati...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:36 Balaam reasserts his intention to say only what God allows him to say (v. Numbers 22:38), despite the fee he has been offered....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:39 The location of KIRIATH-HUZOTH is unknown. ⇐ ⇔
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES We now enter upon the last division of this Book, which comprises fifteen Chapter s (22–36). “In the steppes of Moab the Israelites encamped upon the border of the Promi...
EXPOSITION THE COMING OF BALAAM (Numbers 22:2). NUMBERS 22:2 BALAK THE SON OF ZIPPOR. The name Balak is connected with a word "to make waste," and "Zippor" is a small bird. Balak was, as is
AND so the children of Israel sat forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab (Numbers 22:1) Moving now south from this position. on this side of the Jordan River [on the eastern side of the Jordan Ri...
Numbers 22:39...
THE WOES OF THE WICKED BALAAM _Selections from Numbers 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS One of the things which sadden the soul is the way that not only professing Christians, but real believing Christians...