Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
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Only to the land of the children of Ammon you didn’t come near: all the banks of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wherever Yahweh our God forbade us.
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Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
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Only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever the LORD our God forbade us.
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- Genesis 32:22 He rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two servants, and his eleven sons, and crossed over the ford of the Jabbok.
- Numbers 21:24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was fortified.
- Deuteronomy 3:16 To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and its border, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Deuteronomy 2:19 When you come near the border of the children of Ammon, don’t bother them, nor contend with them; for I will not give you any of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession.”
- Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
- Deuteronomy 2:5 Don’t contend with them; for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 2:9 Yahweh said to me, “Don’t bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you any of his land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession.”
- Judges 11:15 and he said to him, “Jephthah says: Israel didn’t take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, ford.
Or, ford.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 2:37 Only unto the land of the children…
Deu 2:37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
Ver. 37. Only unto the land.] This kindness these Ammonites, in after ages, very evil requited, {Amo 1:13 Jer 49:1} dealing by them as that monster Michael Balbus dealt by the Emperor Leo Armenius, whom he slew the same night that this prince had pardoned and released him.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of the river Jabbok, i.e. beyond Jabbok; for that…
Of the river Jabbok, i.e. beyond Jabbok; for that was the border of the Ammonites, Jos 12:2.
Object. Half the land of the Ammonites is said to be given to the tribe of Gad, Jos 13:25.
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Answ. This is true of that half of it which the Amorites had taken from them, but not of the other half, which yet was in the possession of the Ammonites.
In the mountains; the mountainous country of the Ammonites.
Forbad us, Heb. commanded us: commanding is put for forbidding here, as Gen 2:16; 3:11; Lev 4:2; Deu 4:23. The words may be thus rendered, concerning
which the Lord gave us command or charge, to wit, that we should not meddle with them, as was said before. So it is only an ellipsis of the preposition, which is very frequent.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Only unto the land of the children of Ammon…
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not,.... Which was then in their possession; otherwise what Sihon had took away from them, that the children of Israel came into and enjoyed, as before observed, Deu 2:19.
nor unto any place of the river Jabbok; any town or city situated on this river, which was the border of the children of Ammon, Deu 3:16; see Gill on Gen 32:22,
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nor unto the cities in the mountains; much less did they penetrate into the innermost parts of their country, the mountainous part thereof, and the cities there:
nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us: whether in Edom, Moab, or Ammon, particularly the latter, of which he is more especially and peculiarly speaking.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Of Jabbok - That is, beyond Jabbok: for that…
Of Jabbok - That is, beyond Jabbok: for that was the border of the Ammomites.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 37. Only unto the land of the children…
Verse 37. Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not] God gave them their commission; and those only were to be cut off, the cup of whose iniquity was full. Though the Moabites and Ammonites were thus spared, they requited good with evil, for they fought against the Israelites, and cast them out of their possessions, Jdg 11:4-5; 2Ch 20:1, c., and committed the most shocking cruelties see Am 1:13. Hence God enacted a law, that none of these people should enter into the congregation of the Lord even to their tenth generation: see De 23:3-6.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 2:37. Of Jabbok — That is, beyond Jabbok;…
Deu 2:37. Of Jabbok — That is, beyond Jabbok; for that was the border of the Ammonites.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Jeboc, towards its source: for both sides of the…
Jeboc, towards its source: for both sides of the torrent were taken by the Hebrews from the kings Sehon and Og, who had already driven the Ammonites farther into the mountains, on the east. (Haydock) --- When these demanded the conquered country to be restored to them, Jephte shewed that their claim was inadmissible, Judges i. 13. (Calmet) --- They had lost possession when the Hebrews came; and, as God had authorized the latter to take the land from those kings, without enquiring who were the former proprietors, the Ammonites, who had themselves expelled the Zomzommim, came with a very bad grace to assert their title, after a lapse of near 300 years. God only forbids the Hebrews to molest the actual dominions of the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Esau, in consideration of their fathers, to whom they were so nearly related. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 37. Change to the Sg. address. This, with the…
37. Change to the Sg. address. This, with the fact that the clause is a mere qualification not necessary to the context, has led some to take it for a later addition.
all the side of the river Jabboḳ, and the cities of the hill country] This defines the land of ‘Ammôn, which lay at that time on the upper stretch of Jabboḳ, where the stream runs from S.W. to N.E. before turning in its main course W. to Jordan; cp. JE, Num_21:24. The country there is hilly in contrast with the Mo‘ab plateau.
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and wheresoever] So Sam.; LXX according to all that.
forbad us] Rather commanded us: suitable to the preceding reading of the LXX. Us is wanting in Heb. but is given by Sam. and LXX.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In obedience to the Divine injunction, the Israelites left…
In obedience to the Divine injunction, the Israelites left untouched the country of the Ammonites, situated on the eastern side of the Upper Jabbok. Cities in the mountains; the towns in the Ammonitish highlands. in Jos_13:25, half of the laud of the Ammonites is said to be assigned to the tribe of Gad; but that refers to the part of the land between the Arnon and the Jabbek, which had been taken from the Ammonites by the Amorites, and was in the possession of the latter at the time of the Israelitish invasion. (Jud_1:11:13, etc.) Whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us: Finally, all that Jehovah our God commanded not to come into.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 2:37 Like the Moabites, the Ammonites were related to…
2:37 Like the Moabites, the Ammonites were related to Israel and were thus to be left undisturbed (cp. 2:9). • The Jabbok River, a great tributary of the Jordan River, marked the border between Gilead to the north and the Amorite kingdom of Sihon to the south. The Ammonites lived east and south of the Jabbok (2:19). It was somewhere at the Jabbok that Jacob wrestled with the stranger at night (Gen 32:22-32).
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