Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Numbers 21:1-35
The Brazen Serpent. Conquest of Bashan
1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed.
The Brazen Serpent. Conquest of Bashan
1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed.
CHAPTER XXI _Arad, a king of the Canaanites, attacks Israel, and makes same_ _prisoners_, 1. _They devote him and his people to destruction_, 2; _which they afterwards accomplished_, 3. _They jou...
KING ARAD THE CANAANITE - Rather, “the Canaanite, the king of Arad.” Arad stood on a small hill, now called Tel-Arad, 20 miles south of Hebron. IN THE SOUTH - See Numbers 13:17, Numbers 13:22. By the...
CHAPTER 21 Murmuring and Conquest _ 1. Opposition of King Arad (Numbers 21:1)_ 2. Murmuring and the fiery serpents (Numbers 21:4) 3. The serpent of brass (Numbers 21:8) 4. Journeying and singing
SUCCESS OVER THE KING OF ARAD. Since Arad, the modern Tell Arad, 17 miles from Hebron, was in the south of Canaan, and a successful advance of the whole people in that direction would hardly have been...
ARAD. Compare Joshua 12:14. SOUTH. the _Negeb._ See Genesis 12:9; Genesis 13:1; Genesis 13:3;...
_the Canaanite_ This is perhaps to be understood as a gentilic noun, denoting -the Canaanites" collectively, in which case -the king of Arad" is a later addition. The Canaanites are in the same territ...
The attack made upon Israel by the Canaanites and Israel's victory over them at Hormah. The source of this passage is a great problem. The verses appear to imply a movement on the part of the Israeli...
AND WHEN KING ARAD— Most of the ancient versions have it, _the Canaanitish king of Arad._ That there was such a city in Canaan, appears from Joshua 12:14. Joshua 1:16 which probably had its name from...
E. VICTORY AT HORMAH NUMBERS 21:1-3 TEXT Numbers 21:1. And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel,...
_AND WHEN KING ARAD THE CANAANITE, WHICH DWELT IN THE SOUTH, HEARD TELL THAT ISRAEL CAME BY THE WAY OF THE SPIES; THEN HE FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL, AND TOOK SOME OF THEM PRISONERS._ King Arad the Canaan...
21:1 south, (b-11) See ch. 13.17, and Genesis 12:9 . Atharim, (c-20) Some read 'the spies.'...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 21 THE *ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE *CANAANITES – NUMBERS 21:1-3 V1 The king of Arad lived in the southern part of t
XXI. (1) AND WHEN KING ARAD... — The verse may be rendered thus: _Now the Canaanite, the King of Arad, which dwelt in the south country_ (or, _Negeb_)_ heard_ (or, _had heard_)_ that Israel had come b...
וַ יִּשְׁמַ֞ע הַ כְּנַעֲנִ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ ־עֲרָד֙...
THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers 21:1 IT has been suggested in a previous chapter that the repulse of the Israelites by the King of Arad took place on the occasion when, after the return...
THE BRAZEN SERPENT; JOURNEYING TO PISGAH Numbers 21:1 It often falls to our lot to compass the land of Edom! It is bad enough to have to fight the desert tribes, but it is harder to traverse the lon...
The movement forward of the people now brought them into the path of conflict. The way was rough and difficult and the people were discouraged. Again they felt a lusting after Egypt and spoke against...
And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the (a) way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners. (a) By that wa...
Arad. This was either the name of the king, or of his city, which was situated in the southern parts of Chanaan, and which fell to the share of Hobab, in the tribe of Juda. (Haydock) --- When this kin...
CONTENTS In this chapter, as Israel is now approaching the frontiers of the promised land, here is related an account of the first campaign in the contest with Arad at Hormach. Interspersed with this...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
1._And when king Arad the Canaanite. _It is not altogether agreed among commentators who this king Arad was. Some think that he was an Amalekite, but this error is refuted by the fact that the Amaleki...
The question is not here to conduct the people with patience through the wilderness, where the flesh manifested itself; but there are enemies and difficulties to be met; for there are difficulties dis...
AND [WHEN] KING ARAD THE CANAANITE, WHICH DWELT IN THE SOUTH,.... Arad seems rather to be the name of a place, city, or country, of which the Canaanite was king, than the name of a man, since we read...
And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners. Ver. 1. _And took...
The armies of Israel now begin to emerge out of the wilderness, and to come into a land inhabited; to enter upon action, and take possession of the frontiers of the land of promise. _King Arad_ Or rat...
1 Israel with some losse destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sundry iourneyes of the Israel...
And when King Arad, the Canaanite, literally, "the Canaanite, king of Arad," WHICH DWELT IN THE SOUTH, in the extreme southern part of Canaan, next to the Wilderness of Paran and the Desert of Zin, HE...
The Journey around the Land of Edom. the king of arad subdued....
ATTACK AND DEFEAT OF CANAANITES (vs.1-3) The king of Arad, a Canaanite, heard that Israel was in the same vicinity from which they had sent the spies into the south of Canaan. He therefore took the i...
1-3 Before the people began their march round the country of Edom, the king of Arad, a Canaanite, who inhabited the southern part of the country, attacked them in the wilderness, and took some prisone...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 21 The Canaanites fight against Israel, and take some of them prisoners, NUMBERS 21:1. Through God's assistance they overcome them, and destroy their cities, NUMBERS 21:2,3. The people...
This chapter brings prominently before us the familiar and beautiful ordinance of the brazen Serpent that great evangelical type. "And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compa...
Numbers 21:1 king H4428 Arad H6166 Canaanite H3669 dwelt H3427 (H8802) South H5045 heard H8085 (H8799) Israel...
CHAPTER 21 FROM VICTORY THROUGH CHASTENING TO FURTHER VICTORY. The death of Aaron did indicate a new era. In this chapter we cover the first defeat of ‘the Canaanites', the dire warning and chastisem...
Numbers 21:1. And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. And Israe...
CONTENTS: Victories of Israel; the serpent of brass. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Arad, Sihon, Og. CONCLUSION: Those who cry without cause will be given just cause to cry and they will be compelle...
Numbers 21:1. _King Arad;_ that is, Arad king of Arad. _The way of the spies,_ is understood to be the route of the twelve spies sent from Kadesh-Barnea. But the LXX not understanding it so, render it...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 21:1__ This victory at Hormah marks a turning point. From now on, one victory follows another until they reach the Jordan, ready to enter Canaan. ⇐
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 21:1. _King Arad the Canaanite_. Rather, “the Canaanite King of Arad.” Arad was a royal city of the Canaanites (Joshua 12:14), and was situated on a hill called...
EXPOSITION THE LAST MARCH: FROM MOUNT HOR TO JORDAN (CHAPTER 21-22:1). EPISODE OF THE KING OF ARAD (Numbers 21:1)....
Let's turn in our Bibles to Numbers chapter twenty-one. Now the children of Israel have been in the wilderness for about thirty-nine years and they are now beginning to make their move towards the Pro...
Deuteronomy 2:32; Joshua 11:19; Joshua 11:20; Joshua 12:14; Joshua 7:5;
King Arad — Or rather, the Canaanite King of Arad: for Arad is not the name of a man, but of a city or territory. And he seems to be called a Canaanite in a general sense, as the Amorites and others....