Was strong] This seems to give the reason why the Israelites did not follow up their conquest of the Amorites by entering the land of Ammon. LXX, however, reads, 'the border.. was Jaazer,' a town mentioned in Numbers 21:32.
Jabbok (now Wady Zerka: compare Genesis 32:22) runs eastward under Rabbah of the children of Ammon, thence westward, and reaches the Jordan, 45 miles north of the Arnon. It was between Rabbah and Gera...
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
THE CONQUEST OF THE AMORITES. This narrative presupposes the position reached in Numbers 21:13 (not in Numbers 21:20), for the embassy to Sihon would naturally be despatched before the Amorite border...
_The victories over Sihon and Og_. See the parallel account in Deuteronomy 2:24 to Deuteronomy 3:13. The previous verses have described the Israelites" march through the territory occupied by the Amor...
_from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon_ This gives three boundaries of Sihon's kingdom, the Jordan being the western boundary. Arnon was on the south (Numbers 21:13), Jabbok on the n...
Sihon, refusing passage through his territory, was conquered, and his towns were occupied....
POSSESSED HIS LAND FROM ARNON UNTO JABBOK, EVEN UNTO THE CHILDREN OF AMMON— This is a brief description of the extent of Sihon's country, which reached from the river Arnon, the bound of the Moabites...
H. VICTORY OVER SIHON AND OG vv. 21-35 TEXT Numbers 21:21. And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22. Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or in...
_AND ISRAEL SMOTE HIM WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND POSSESSED HIS LAND FROM ARNON UNTO JABBOK, EVEN UNTO THE CHILDREN OF AMMON: FOR THE BORDER OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON WAS STRONG._ Israel ... posse...
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
FOR THE BORDER OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON WAS STRONG. — These words assign the reason why the conquests of the Amorites were arrested, not why the children of Israel did not take possession of the land...
וַ יַּכֵּ֥הוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ פִי ־חָ֑רֶב וַ
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...
VICTORY OVER THE AMORITES Numbers 21:21 Two great victories opened the eastern lands to the possession and settlement of two tribes and a half. It is not enough to know our heritage in Christ; we mu...
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 Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto (h) Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] (i) strong. (h) The...
_Garrison, either against Sehon, or against the Hebrews, whom God did not, as yet, authorize to attack the Ammonites, (Calmet) though the latter knew it not. (Haydock)_...
If you consult Deuteronomy 2:9, you will find that Moab was not to be fought with, being descendants of Lot: and therefore, when Israel passed before Oboth, they did not attack Moab; see Deuteronomy 2...
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...
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 ISRAEL SMOTE HIM WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD,.... Slew him and his army, entirely routed them, and got a complete victory over them; God giving them up into their hands, who otherwise were a very s...
_From Arnon_ Or, which reached _from Arnon;_ and so here is a description or limitation of Sihon's conquest and kingdom, that it extended only _from Arnon unto the children of Ammon_ And then the foll...
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 Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, without giving quarter or showing mercy, AND POSSESSED HIS LAND FROM ARNON UNTO JABBOK, EVEN UNTO THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, who lived mainly north of the...
THE OVERTHROW OF SIHON AND OG...
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...
21-35 Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wi...
FROM ARNON; or which reached from Arnon, &c. such supplements being very usual; and so here is contained a description or limitation of Sihon's conquest and kingdom, that it extended only _from Arnon...
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 21:24 Israel H3478 defeated H5221 (H8686) edge H6310 sword H2719 possession H3423 (H8799) land H776 Arnon...
SIHON IS DEFEATED AND HIS LAND POSSESSED UP TO THE BORDERS OF AMMON (NUMBERS 21:24). Numbers 21:24 ‘And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabb...
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...
_Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass._ THE WICKED HATE AND PERSECUTE THE GODLY WITHOUT ANY JUST CAUSE This is the practice of wicked men to pursue the children of God with all despiteful dealing,...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 21:21 SIHON, king of the Amorites, attacked Israel and was defeated (v. Numbers 21:24). This was the first land the Israelites settled (v
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 END OF JOURNEYS, THE BEGINNING OF VICTORIES (Numbers 21:10 Numbers 22:1)....
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...
Amos 2:9; Deuteronomy 2:31; Deuteronomy 29:7; Deuteronomy 3:16;...
From Arnon — Or, which reached from Arnon; and so here is a description or limitation of Sihon's conquest and kingdom, that is, extended only from Arnon, unto the children of Ammon; and then the follo...