for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
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for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
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For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
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For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it hath devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon.
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Passages linked to Numbers 21:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 21:15 the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.”
- Jeremiah 48:45-46 “Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middle of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh are undone; for your sons are taken away captive, and your daughters into captivity.
- Numbers 22:41 In the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
- 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.”
- Deuteronomy 2:18 “You are to pass over Ar, the border of Moab, today.
- Judges 9:20 but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the men of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from the house of Millo and devour Abimelech.”
- Isaiah 10:16 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, will send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory a burning will be kindled like the burning of fire.
- Isaiah 15:1-2 The burden of Moab. For in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. For in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing. They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
- Amos 1:4 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
- Amos 1:7 but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
- Amos 1:10 but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”
- Amos 1:12 but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
- Amos 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;
- Amos 2:2 but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
- Amos 2:5 but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, war.
Meaning, war.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A fire, i.e. the fury of war, which is…
A fire, i.e. the fury of war, which is oft and fitly compared to fire here, as Isa 47:14; Amo 1:7,10,12,14; 2:2,5;
Heshbon; that city which before was a refuge and defence to all the country, now is turned into a great annoyance and a public mischief.
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Ar of Moab.
Quest. How can this be, since Ar was yet in the hands of the Moabites, Deu 2:9,18,29?
Answ. 1. This may be understood not of the city Ar, but of the people or the country subject or belonging to that great and royal city, as the Chaldee understands it.
2. Possibly Ar was taken by Sihon of the Moabites, but afterwards was either recovered by the Moabites, or upon the Israelites’ approach quitted by Sihon, gathering all his forces together that he might fight with the Israelites, and so repossessed by the Moabites.
3. This place may be thus rendered, It shall consume Ar of Moab, the past tense being put for the future, as is usual in prophetical passages; and so this may be the Amorites’ prediction or presage, that having taken Heshbon and its territories, they should now extend their victories to
Ar of Moab, though they fell short of that hope, as ordinarily men do.
The lords of the high places; either,
1. The princes or governors of the strong holds, which were frequently in high places, especially in that mountainous country, and which were in divers parts all along the river of Arnon; and having taken some of these, they promised to themselves that they should take all the rest, and so proceed further and further, till they had taken Ar itself. Or rather,
2. The priests and people that worshipped their god in their high places; which may seem more probable,
1. Because as the Israelites worshipped God, so the heathens worshipped Baal, in high places, Num 22:41, and particularly the Moabites are noted for so doing, Jer 48:35.
2. Because amongst the eminent places of Moab there is mention of Bamoth-baal, or, of the high places of Baal, Jos 13:17.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.…
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. Not the land of the Moabites; and by those means before mentioned; by conquering Sihon their king, they came into the possession of it, and took up their dwelling in it; this was the beginning of the conquest of the Canaanites, and an earnest and pledge of inheriting their land promised unto them; the Israelites that dwelt here were the tribes of Reuben and Gad.
Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. Not the land of the Moabites; and by those means before mentioned; by conquering Sihon their king, they came into the possession of it, and took up their dwelling in it; this was the beginning of the conquest of the Canaanites, and an earnest and pledge of inheriting their land promised unto them; the Israelites that dwelt here were the tribes of Reuben and Gad.
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num 21:32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer,.... Or Jazer, as it is called in Isa 16:9, another city that belonged to the Amorites, and which they had taken from the Moabites; and which came into the hands of the latter again, after the captivity of the ten tribes, as appears from the above places; according to Jerom (s), it was fifteen miles distant from Heshbon:
and they took the villages thereof; not the spies, as Jarchi, but the Israelites under Moses; who upon the return of the spies, and the report they made, marched towards it, and took it, and all the towns and villages round about it; for it seems to have been a principal city:
and drove out the Amorites that were there; that dwelt there, and were in possession of it; otherwise they would not have attacked it, had it, and its villages, been in the hands of the Moabites.
(s) De locis Heb. fol. 92. G.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A fire - The fury of war, which is…
A fire - The fury of war, which is fitly compared to fire. Out of Heshbon - That city which before was a refuge and defense to all the country, now is turned into a great annoyance. It hath consumed Ar -This may be understood not of the city Ar, but of the people or the country subject or belonging to that great and royal city. The lords of the high places - The princes or governors of the strong holds, which were frequently in high places, especially in that mountainous country, and which were in divers parts all along the river Arnon. So the Amorites triumphed over the vanquished Moabites. But the triumphing of the wicked is short!
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 21:28. A fire — The fury of war,…
Num 21:28. A fire — The fury of war, which is fitly compared to fire. Out of Heshbon — That city which before was a refuge and defence to all the country, now is turned into a great annoyance. It hath consumed Ar —
This may be understood not of the city Ar, but of the people or the country subject or belonging to that great and royal city. The lords of the high places — The princes or governors of the strong holds, which were frequently in high places, especially in that mountainous country, and which were in divers parts all along the river Arnon. So the Amorites triumphed over the vanquished Moabites. But the triumphing of the wicked is short!
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain A fire and flame, denote the horrors of war,…
A fire and flame, denote the horrors of war, Judges ix. 20. --- Ar. Samaritan and Septuagint read ad, "hath consumed even the country of the Moabites and the lords (or pillars, Septuagint) of Bamoth, (the heights mentioned in ver. 18, 19,) on the Arnon." These lords may be the principal men, priests, or gods of the city. Jeremias (xlviii. 45,) reads this passage in a different manner, "it (the flame) shall devour part of Moab, and the crown of the head of the children of tumult." The city of Ar (which some confound with Aroer) always continued in the hands of the Moabites, so that the efforts of Sehon against it, seem to have proved abortive, Deuteronomy ii. 9, 18, 29. (Bonfrere) See chap. xxiv. 17.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 28. Ar — See Num_21:15, note. The high places…
28. Ar — See Num_21:15, note. The high places of Arnon are mentioned as the limits to which Sihon had carried his victorious supremacy. The lords are the Moabites.
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28. For a fire went out from Heshbon … it devoured &c.] The Amorites in the past gained possession of Heshbon, and from thence sent forth destruction upon the other towns of Moab. See Jer_48:45 f. where the passage is quoted.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain There is a fire gone out of Heshbon. This…
There is a fire gone out of Heshbon. This must refer to the war-fire which the Amorites kindled from Heshbon when they made it the capital of the new kingdom. Ar Moab and the (northern) heights of Arnon were the furthest points to which their victory extended.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 21:28 King Sihon had destroyed Moab’s towns from his…
21:28 King Sihon had destroyed Moab’s towns from his center of operations at Heshbon.
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