Joshua 13:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal,b and Bethbaalmeon, ”

Joshua 13:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan....
Joshua 13:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 13. Parts of the Land as yet Unconquered. In heritance of the Two and a Half Tribes on the E. of Jordan. In Joshua 13:1 we meet with a statement which causes surprise. The whole land has b...
Joshua 13:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, Bamoth-baal - The high places of Baal, probably so called from altars erected on hills for the impure wor...
Joshua 13:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Beth-baal-meon, Heshbon - (see the note at Joshua 12:2 ; Numbers 21:26 .) Dibon - (see the note at Joshua...
Joshua 13:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Territories of the Eastern Tribes 1-7. These vv. describe the land which, though still unconquered, is to be assigned to the 9½ tribes. It includes the W. and N. borders of Palestine. Wellhausen (...
Joshua 13:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED BY MOSES ON THE EAST OF JORDAN ( Joshua 13:15-33 ). (15) Reuben. — See also Numbers 32:33-42 and Deuteronomy 3:16 , &c.
Joshua 13:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXI. JOSHUA'S OLD AGE- DIVISION FOR THE EASTERN TRIBES. Joshua Ch. 13, 14:1-5. "THE Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years." To many men and women this would not be a...
Joshua 13:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second half of the Book of Joshua deals with the settlement of the people in the promised land. Dean Stanley says: "In the Book of Joshua we have what may without offense be termed The Domesday B...
Joshua 13:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

No doubt the Holy Ghost, in being so particular in the enumeration of places and their boundaries, had some gracious design in view. And, Reader, you and I may learn this from it, that we never can b...
Joshua 13:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Heshbon, and all her cities that [are] in the plain ,.... Which was by Medeba, and reached to Dibon: Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon ; Dibon was rebuilt by Gad, though it belonged to Reube...
Joshua 13:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Heshbon, and all her cities that [are] in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, Ver. 17. Bamothbaal and Bethbaalmeon. ] Places of much idolatry, that land desolating sin: such as are...
Joshua 13:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LAND REMAINING TO BE CONQUERED (vv. 1-7) Joshua became "old and advanced in years" (v. 1). In fact, he was not a young man when he led Israel across the Jordan, at least in his sixties. If, as w...
Joshua 13:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which M...
Joshua 13:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Heshbon: this city and Dibon and Ataroth were upon the borders of Reuben and Gad, and therefore sometimes are ascribed to Reuben, as here, and Numbers 32:37 , sometimes to Gad, as Numbers 32:3...
Joshua 13:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Portion of Reuben ( Joshua 13:15-23 ). Joshua 13:15 ‘ And Moses gave to the tribe of Reuben according to their families.' The division of the land took account of the sizes of the tribes...
Joshua 13:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Joshua 13:9 . Medeba unto Dibon] The southern part of a table-land reaching from Rabbath Ammon to the river Arnon. Both places were given to the Reubenites ( Joshua 13:16-17 ), b...
Joshua 13:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 13:1 . Joshua was old; now more than a hundred years of age. Joshua 13:3 . Sihor, Sichor; that is, turbid, the waters being muddy. The map will show the geographical situation of most...
Joshua 13:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thou art old and stricken in years. Joshua’s old age “The Lord said unto Joshua, Thou art old and stricken in years.” To many men and women this would not be a welcome announcement. They do not...
Joshua 13:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE DIVISION OF THE TERRITORY .— Joshua 13:1 Now Joshua was old. This is usually regarded as the second part of the Book of Joshua; the first being devoted to the h...
Joshua 13:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Territory of the two and one Half Tribes
Joshua 13:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 21:19 ; Numbers 22:41 ; Numbers 32:38

Joshua 13:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Joshua 13:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Joshua 13:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joshua 13:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joshua 13:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joshua 13:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 13:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Joshua 13:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joshua 13:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Joshua 13:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Joshua 13:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Joshua 13:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge