Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
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Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them. So Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
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And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
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And the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jdg 11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered…
Jdg 11:21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Ver. 21. And the Lord God of Israel.] Not the Archiflamen of Rome, nor any earthly power whatsoever: but "the blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords," the great proprietary of the world.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites,....…
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites,.... Peaceably and quietly, nor did any pretend to call their right in question, or dispute their title, or give them any disturbance:
from Arnon unto Jabbok: which was the length of the country, and the direction was from south to north, and reached from the river Arnon, the border of Moab, to the river Jabbok, the border of Ammon; so that it included no part of what was at this time in the possession of either:
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and from the wilderness even unto Jordan; which was the breadth of it, and its direction was from the west to the east, reaching from the wilderness of Arabia to the river Jordan.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. Cf. Num_21:24 a.
21. Cf. Num_21:24 a.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (21) The Lord God of Israel.—This is evidently a…
(21) The Lord God of Israel.—This is evidently a cardinal point in the mind of Jephthah. The God of Israel has decided against the gods of Ammon.
All the land of the Amorites.—All the land, therefore, which they took from the Amorites was theirs by. the immemorial law of nations, irrespective of any who had been its previous owners (Grot., De Jure Belli, 3:6, § 7).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 21, 22. These verses are an epitome of…
Vers. 21, 22. These verses are an epitome of Num_21:24-32. Cf. also Deu_2:33-36. The wilderness is the country lying east of Moab up to the hill country. (see Jud_1:10:8, note) From the Amen to the Jabbok is the measurement from south to north; from the wilderness to the Jordan, from east to west.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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Jephthah's messengers continue to speak.
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Sihon
See how you translated this man's name in Judges 11:19.
gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel
Here "hand" refers to power to defeat in battle. AT: "gave Israel power over Sihon and all his people" (See: Metonymy)
Arnon ... Jabbok
See how you translated the names of these rivers in Judges 11:13.
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Yahweh
God
Israel
Amorite
desert
Jordan River
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