Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 2:12
Verse Deuteronomy 2:12. The Horims also dwelt in Seir] The whole of this verse was probably added by Joshua or Ezra.
Verse Deuteronomy 2:12. The Horims also dwelt in Seir] The whole of this verse was probably added by Joshua or Ezra.
For the Emims, Horims, and Anakims, see the marginal references. These verses are either parenthetical or the insertion of a later hand....
_3. AFTER THE FORTY YEARS AND FROM CONFLICT TO CONQUEST_ CHAPTER 2 _ 1. From Kadesh to the land of the Amorites (Deuteronomy 2:1)_ 2. The command to possess (Deuteronomy 2:24) 3. The conquest of S...
FROM KADESH-BARNEA TO WADY-ZERED. The present passage seems to contradict the parallel narrative in Numbers 20 f. Deuteronomy 2:1_ b. i.e._ we lingered in the neighbourhood of Mt. Seir a good length o...
HORIMS. Another race or name of the _Nephilim_ See App-25. Compare Genesis 14:6. See App-25. DESTROYED. exterminated. Hebrew. _shamad._ STEAD. room. These are the Canaanites with whom Satan had preoc...
_The Horites_ Heb. the _Ḥorîm_; Sam. LXX, _Ḥorî_. Possibly cave-dwellers, cp. Heb. _ḥôr_, Ar. _ḥawr, cave_or _hole_. Cave-dwelling is ascribed by Jerome (on Obadiah 1:6) to the Edomites of his day; an...
An archaeological note, rightly put in brackets by R.V., written after the settlement in W. Palestine, as is clear from the end of Deuteronomy 2:12. This of course does not in itself prove that the no...
8 _b_15. Arrival on the Border of Moab Israel, having crossed Edom from the -Arabah towards the wilderness of Moab (8 _b_), is charged not to treat Moab as a foe. Jehovah gave -Ar, their land, to the...
Duet Deuteronomy 1:6 to Deuteronomy 3:29. Historical Part of the First Introductory Discourse Spoken in the land of Moab (Deuteronomy 1:5) in _the gai_or _glen, over against Beth Pe-or_...
_VER._ 12. _AS ISRAEL DID UNTO THE LAND OF HIS POSSESSION_— Some would render this, _as Israel_ shall do _unto the land of his possession;_ but there seems to be no necessity for this alteration, as t...
5. PASSING THROUGH MOAB (Deuteronomy 2:8-15) And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will no...
_THE EMIMS DWELT THEREIN IN TIMES PAST, A PEOPLE GREAT, AND MANY, AND TALL, AS THE ANAKIMS;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
FIRST DISCOURSE (DEUTERONOMY 1:14 TO DEUTERONOMY 4:43) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promised Land...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 2 V1 ‘Then we turned back and we went towards the *desert. We travelled along the way to the Re...
(10-12) These three verses which follow should be read parenthetically. THE EMIMS. — See Genesis 14:5, for the first mention of Rephaim, Zuzim, Emim, and Horim. (The termination _im_ is plural in Heb...
וּ בְ שֵׂעִ֞יר יָשְׁב֣וּ הַ חֹרִים֮ לְ
THE DIVINE GOVERNMENT Deuteronomy 1:1; Deuteronomy 2:1; Deuteronomy 3:1 AFTER these preliminary discussions we now enter upon the exposition. With the exception of the first two verses of chapter 1,...
JOURNEYING AND DYING IN THE WILDERNESS Deuteronomy 1:41; Deuteronomy 2:1 We cannot obtain by our impetuosity and insistence what God offers only as a free gift to our faith. The Land of Promise is no...
Continuing his discourse, Moses reviewed the second movement from Kadesh\-barnea to Heshbon. The notes which characterized the description of the first period are found also in this review of the seco...
_Gave him, on the east side of the Jordan. They had not yet taken possession of Chanaan. But Moses foresees that they shortly will; and in this sense we may translate, "Esau dwelt there, as Israel wil...
The Emims, means the terrible ones. The most profitable instruction to be gathered from these verses will be, I think, to remark how often places change their masters. Nations, like individuals, succe...
In examining Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, we have found what may be called an abstract typical system. That is, we see in them a number of institutions laid down by Jehovah, the pattern of which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1, 2, 3, AND 4. Let us examine a little more closely these Chapter s, which shew the pains the Spirit took, to set before the eyes of the people all the moti...
THE HORIMS ALSO DWELT IN SEIR BEFORE TIME,.... Which is the name of a mount, and so of the country, from it; so called from Seir the Horite, who dwelt in it before it was possessed by Esau and his son...
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possessio...
_The Emims_ Men terrible for stature and strength, as their very name imports, whose expulsion by the Moabites is here noted as a great encouragement to the Israelites, for whose sake he would much mo...
1 The story is continued, that they were not to meddle with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor with the Ammonites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was subdued by them. 1 THEN we turned, and to...
The Horims, or Horites, Genesis 14:6; Genesis 36:20, ALSO DWELT IN SEIR BEFORETIME; BUT THE CHILDREN OF ESAU SUCCEEDED THEM WHEN THEY HAD DESTROYED THEM FROM BEFORE THEM, AND DWELT IN THEIR STEAD, in...
FROM KADESH TO THE BROOK ZERED...
WILDERNESS WANDERINGS (vs.1-25) From Kadesh Barnea Israel had to virtually retrace their steps, going back toward the Red Sea. Believers today find similar experiences because of lack of faith. Inste...
SUCCEEDED THEM: _ Heb._ inherited them STEAD: Or, room...
8-23 We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these; the Caphtorims drove the Avims out of their country. These revolutions show wha...
OBJECT. God had not yet given it unto them. ANSW. 1. The past tense is here put for the future, _will give_, after the manner of the prophets. 2. Things are oft said to be done when they are only res...
The closing lines of chapter 1 show us the people weeping before the Lord. "And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode i...
Deuteronomy 2:12 Horites H2752 formerly H6440 dwelt H3427 (H8804) Seir H8165 descendants H1121 Esau H6215 dispossessed...
THEIR DEALINGS WITH MOAB (DEU DEUTERONOMY 2:8 A). Moab too had been given possession of their land by Yahweh, because of His love for Abraham. Thus they too were not to be molested. And they were to...
CONTENTS: The wanderings and conflicts in the wilderness. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Sihon. CONCLUSION: It is a work of time to make souls meet for the heavenly Canaan and it must be done by many a lon...
Deuteronomy 2:10. _The Emims;_ that is, men of terrific aspect with regard to stature, armour, and appearance. Deuteronomy 2:12. _The Horims,_ Horites, Genesis 14:6, which Esau had destroyed. The infe...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:10 The people whom God had removed to give Moab its land included the very people Israel now feared (see Deuteronomy 1:28). Israel should trust God inst
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 2:1__ Moses recalls a time near the end of the 40-year wilderness period when Israel peacefully passed through three nations distantly related to it (see Numbers
CRITICAL NOTES.— Deuteronomy 2:1. The story continued. After the unsuccessful attack, Israel broke up emcampment at Kadesh. Many days. _i.e._, many years in a nomadic life, wandering in various direc...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 2:1 THE NEW BEGINNING AND REVIEW OF THE JOURNEYINGS OF ISRAEL FROM KADESH TO THE RIVER
So we turned, and took our journey by way of the wilderness back toward the Red sea. And the LORD spake to me saying, you've compassed this mountain long enough: go north. And he commanded the people....
1 Chronicles 1:38; 1 Chronicles 1:43; Deuteronomy 2:22; Deuteronomy 2:32;...
TURNING BACKWARD Deuteronomy 2:1 _and Deuteronomy 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Last week we closed with God's refusal to permit the Children of Israel to go into the land of Canaan. They had come up to K...
Which the Lord gave — The past tense is here put for the future, will give after the manner of the prophets....
How could this have been written by Moses when it refers to the land of promise which he never entered? PROBLEM: Moses died before he could enter the Promised Land and was buried outside of it on the...