and the south, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
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and the south, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, to Zoar.
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And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
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and the South, and the Plain, even the valley of Jericho the city of palm-trees, as far as Zoar.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 34:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15 The men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the plunder clothed all who were naked among them, dressed them, gave them sandals, and gave them something to eat and to drink, anointed them, carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
- Judges 1:16 The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.
- Judges 3:13 He gathered the children of Ammon and Amalek to himself; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees.
- Genesis 14:2 they made war with Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
- Genesis 19:22 Hurry, escape there, for I can’t do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 14:8 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim
- Numbers 34:3 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 34:3 And the south, and the plain of…
Deu 34:3 And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Ver. 3. The city of palm trees.] So called even by heathen authors also.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. The south quarter of thee land of Judah,…
i.e. The south quarter of thee land of Judah, which is towards the Salt Sea, which is described Num 34:3-5; Jos 15:1-4, as the western quarter of Judah was described in the words next foregoing. The plain of the valley of Jericho; or, in which lies Jericho; which was in the tribe of Benjamin.
The city of palm trees, i.e. Jericho, so called both here and Jdg 1:16; 3:13; 2Ch 28:15, from the multitude of palm trees which were in those parts, as Josephus and Strabo write; from whence and the balm there growing it was called
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Jericho, which signifies odoriferous, or sweet-smelling.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the south,.... The southern part of the land,…
And the south,.... The southern part of the land, even all of it; and having shown him that, he is directed eastward to take a view of
the plain of the valley of Jericho; which lay before him, a delightful plain; see Jos 5:10,
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the city of palm trees; so Jericho was called, because of the multitude of palm trees which grew there, and which Josephus not only testifies (r), who speaks of it as a plain planted with palm trees, and from whence balsam comes; but several Heathen writers: Pliny says (s) Jericho was set with palm trees; Diodorus Siculus (t) speaks of the country about Jericho as abounding with palm trees, and in a certain valley, meaning the vale or plains of Jericho, is produced that which is called balsam; so Strabo says (u), Jericho is a plain surrounded with mountains abounding with palm trees, where there is a plantation of palm trees, with other fruit trees, the space of a hundred furlongs:
unto Zoar; near the salt sea; see Gen 19:22.
(r) De Bello Jud. l. 1. c. 18. sect. 5. & l. 4. c. 8. sect. 2. (s) Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 14. (t) Bibliothec. l. 2. p. 132. (u) Geograph. l. 16. p. 525.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The south - The south quarter of the land…
The south - The south quarter of the land of Judah, which is towards the salt sea, the city of palm-trees - Jericho, so called from the multitude of palm-trees, which were in those parts, as Josephus and Strabo write. From whence and the balm there growing it was called Jericho, which signifies, odouriferous or sweet smelling.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Unto Zoar - Compare Gen 19:22.
Unto Zoar - Compare Gen 19:22.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain South part: the mountains of Judea. (Calmet) --- Trees.…
South part: the mountains of Judea. (Calmet) --- Trees. Jericho, (Haydock) or Engaddi. --- Segor was on the south of the Dead Sea. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. And the south — Negeb, the South Country,…
3. And the south — Negeb, the South Country, was the land south of Canaan proper, toward the desert.
And the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar — The district from Jericho to Zoar. Robinson thought Zoar was located on the eastern side of the Dead Sea, at the foot of the mountains near its southern end, (Biblical Researches, vol. ii, p. 649;) but in Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, in the article “Zoar,” it is said, “It is highly probable that the Zoar of the Pentateuch was to the north of the Dead Sea, not far from its northern end, and in the general parallel of Jericho.” Tristram (Land of Moab, American edition, p. 343) thinks he has found its site in the modern Zi’ara, not far from what he thinks is the site of Nebo. The view of Moses was northward through Gilead along the east of the Sea of Galilee to the southern slopes of Lebanon. Then his eye turns westward toward the Mediterranean, southward through the whole length of the land west of Jordan, and finally rests upon the view immediately before him — “the circle of the plain of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. the South] Heb. the Negeb, see on Deu_1:7.
3. the South] Heb. the Negeb, see on Deu_1:7.
the Plain] Heb. kikkar, the root meaning of which, to judge from its use alike for a district, a loaf and a weight, must be round or oval. Render the Round: here in apposition (delete of) to the Biḳ‘ah (lit. space cleft or laid open between hills, HGHL 385, 654 f.), or Valley, of Jericho; called also the kikkar of Jordan, Gen_13:10 f., 1Ki_7:46. If (as the present writer still holds, cp. HGHL 505 ff.) the overwhelmed Cities of the Kikkar (Gen_13:12; Gen_19:29) lay not at the N., but at the S., end of the Dead Sea, the name the Kikkar, like the Ar. ghor to-day, was applied to the ‘Arabah at both ends of that sea.
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the city of palm trees] Jdg_1:16; Jdg_3:13; 2Ch_28:15. The district of Jericho was celebrated for its palms from a remote antiquity down to Roman times, and even to those of the Crusades. See for details HGHL 266 and note 4.
unto Zoar] The position of this town, S. of the Dead Sea, is strongly attested, HGHL 506 f. The present passage is not decisive, for it is uncertain whether unto Zoar refers only to the Valley of Jericho, or to the whole of the southern regions included in the v.
The originality of this geographical list is doubtful. Sam. has instead the ideal description of the Promised Land, from the River of Egypt unto the Great River, the River Euphrates, and unto the Western Sea.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And the south—i.e., the Negeb.
(3) And the south—i.e., the Negeb.
And the plain—i.e., the plain of Jordan.
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The valley of Jericho.—The city of palm trees may or may not be identical with that place.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 34:3 The desert region of the Negev (meaning “desert”…
34:3 The desert region of the Negev (meaning “desert” or “south”) extends south from Judah to the Gulf of Eilat (or Aqaba) and thus to the far southwest of Mount Nebo. • Jericho . . . as far as Zoar: These two sites marked the northern and southern ends of the Jordan Valley from the viewpoint of Mount Nebo. Zoar was a city of the plain that was not destroyed in the days of Abraham and Lot (see Gen 19:21-22, 30).
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