Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Deuteronomy 3:9
Verse Deuteronomy 3:9. Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir] I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.
Verse Deuteronomy 3:9. Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir] I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.
Hermon, the southern and culminating point of the range of Lebanon, was also the religious center of primaeval Syria. Its Baal sanctuaries not only existed but gave it a name before the Exodus. Hence,...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The conquest of Og (Deuteronomy 3:1)_ 2. The land possessed (Deuteronomy 3:12) 3. Joshua in the place of Moses (Deuteronomy 3:21) In obedience to the word of the
DEUTERONOMY 3:8 gives an account of the distribution, between Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh, of the territories taken from the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og. Deuteronomy 3:8. beyond Jordan: see Deu...
WHICH. Note these topographical parentheses, verses: Deuteronomy 3:9; Deuteronomy 3:11; Deuteronomy 3:14, Compare Deuteronomy
Archaeological Note. As a natural boundary, separating several nations, Ḥermôn has a name in the language of each. The Phoenicians, Heb. Ṣidonians, on the W. called it _Siriôn_(cp. Psalms 29:6), the A...
Allotment of the Conquered Lands Thus Israel had taken the two Amorite kingdoms, from the "Arnon to Ḥermon (Deuteronomy 3:8) on which a note is given (Deuteronomy 3:9) that is, from S. to N., the tow...
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._ 9. _WHICH HERMON THE SIDONIANS CALL SIRION_— _Sirion_ signifies _a mountain._ Now as Hermon, one of the mountains of Gilead, where it joins to Lebanon, rises in the territories of the Sidonians...
b. CONQUEST OF OG, KING OF BASHAN (Deuteronomy 3:1-11) Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei. 2 and...
_(WHICH HERMON THE SIDONIANS CALL SIRION; AND THE AMORITES CALL IT SHENIR;)_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
3:9 Senir). (a-11) See ch. 4.48, Sion....
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...
SIRION] means 'glittering like a polished shield,' and corresponds, therefore, to the name Mt. Blanc. The Hermon range is mostly covered with a cap of snow. In Deuteronomy 4:48; Hermon is also called...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 3 V1 ‘Next we turned and we went along the route towards Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, came out w...
SIRION. — (_Sion_,Deut.448.) Sirion, or Shirion, and Shenir, are thought to have similar meanings. But the Targum inteprets Shenir as the “rock of snow.” Shirion, according to Gesenius, means “glitter...
צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְ חֶרְמֹ֖ון שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְ...
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,...
THE INHERITANCE OF REUBEN, GAD AND MANASSEH Deuteronomy 3:1 Sihon's defeat, described in the previous chapter, compelled his ally Og to take the field and oppose the further advance of Israel. “ _He...
This victory was considered so important (as no doubt it was) that we find the church celebrating it in a song of praise in one Psalm, and echoing to the same again in another. See Psalms 125:5, and P...
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...
WHICH HERMON THE SIDONIANS CALL SIRION,.... Which name it has in Psalms 29:6 a name the inhabitants of Sidon gave it, but for what reason it is not easy to say; however, that it was well known to Tyre...
_Sirion_ Elsewhere called mount Gilead, and Lebanon, and here Shenir, and Sirion, which several names were given to this one mountain, partly by several people, and partly in regard of several tops an...
1 The story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan. 11 The bignes of his bed. 12 The distribution of those lands to the two tribes and halfe. 23 Moses prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is permitt...
(which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir,)...
THE OVERTHROW OF KING OG OF BASHAN...
OG, KING OF BASHAN, DEFEATED (vs.1-11) The history of Og's defeat is in Numbers 21:33. Moses recounts this. Og and his people came out against Israel to battle, just as the ungodly would oppose the t...
Elsewhere called _Mount Gilead_, and _Libanus_ or _Lebanon_, and here SHENIR, and _Sirion_, and, by abbreviation, _Sion_, DEUTERONOMY 4:48; which several names are given to this one mountain, partly b...
"Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, Fear Him not: for I will deliver hi...
Deuteronomy 3:9 Sidonians H6722 call H7121 (H8799) Hermon H2768 Sirion H8303 Amorites H567 call H7121 (H8799) Sen
A DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE LAND THAT IS CAPTURED (DEUTERONOMY 3:8). a They took out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites in Transjordan the land from Mount Hermon in the north to the River Ar...
CONTENTS: Further review of journeyings. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Og, Joshua. CONCLUSION: That cause cannot but be victorious for which the Lord of Hosts fights. «If God be for us who can be against...
Deuteronomy 3:9. _Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion._ The LXX, willing to adapt the language of the sacred writings to their own age, say, “Which Hermon the Phœnicians call Sanior.” See notes on...
_So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, king of Bashan._ MASTERY OF FORMIDABLE ENEMIES See-- 1. How they got the mastery of Og, a very formidable prince. (1) Very strong, for he was...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 3:1__ This section recounts Israel’s second Transjordanian victory (see Numbers 21:31). Like Sihon, Og was an Amorite ...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 3:8 MOUNT HERMON (9,232 feet/2,814 m) is a snowcapped mountain at the northern border of Israel. ⇐...
CRITICAL NOTES.—CONQUEST OF OG. Israel were able to advance to the Jordan after the defeat of Sihon and the conquest of his land. But Og, the Amonitish King, still kept the northern half of Gilead and...
EXPOSITION DEUTERONOMY 3:1 CONQUEST OF OG,_ _KING OF_ _BASHAN. The Amorites had wrested from Moab a portion of the territory taken by _the Moabites _and the _Edomites _from the giant aborigines; and...
In chapter three: So we turned, and went by the way of Bashan: unto Og the king of Bashan who came out against us, wit all of his people. And the LORD said unto me, Don't fear him: for I will deliver...
1 Chronicles 5:23; Deuteronomy 4:48; Deuteronomy 4:49; Ezekiel 27:5;...
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...
Sirion — Elsewhere called Mount Gilead, and Lebanon, and here Shenir, and Sirion, which several names are given to this one mountain partly by several people, and partly in regard of several tops and...