Numbers 21:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. ”

Numbers 21:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Conquest of the Amorites. This narrative presupposes the position reached in Numbers 21:13 (not in Numbers 21:20 ), for the embassy to Sihon would naturally be despatched before the Amorite...
Numbers 21:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

We . Israel. we have laid, &c , to end of verse. These two clauses are affected by the "extraordinary points" (see App-31), which necessitates the following rendering of Numbers 21:30 , "W...
Numbers 21:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Numbers 21:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

We have shot at them— The Hebrew here is אבד ונירם vaniram abad, which Le Clerc and others render, and their light is perished: i.e. their valiant youth, who are the lights and ornaments of t...
Numbers 21:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: Wherefore they that speak in proverbs , х hamoshªliym ( H4911 )] - parables, sente...
Numbers 21:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Brazen Serpent. Conquest of Bashan 1-3. The southern Canaanites repulse the Israelites, but are eventually destroyed.
Numbers 21:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(27-30) Come into Heshbon. — These verses appear to commemorate first the victory of the Amorites over the Moabites, and then that of the Israelites over the Amorites. They may be rendered thus: —...
Numbers 21:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN Numbers 21:1-35 IT has been suggested in a previous chapter that the repulse of the Israelites by the King of Arad took place on the occasion when, after t...
Numbers 21:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Victory over the Amorites Numbers 21:21-35 Two great victories opened the eastern lands to the possession and settlement of two tribes and a half. It is not enough to know our heritage in Chris...
Numbers 21:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The movement forward of the people now brought them into the path of conflict. The way was rough and difficult and the people were discouraged. Again they felt a lusting after Egypt and spoke against...
Numbers 21:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem that these words were a kind of saying, well understood, no doubt, in those days, like proverbial sayings with us now.
Numbers 21:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

We have shot at them ,.... Either the Amorites at the Moabites, or else the Israelites at the Amorites; for, according to Aben Ezra, these are the words of Moses, though they, with Numbers 21:29 ,...
Numbers 21:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which [reacheth] unto Medeba. Ver. 30. We have shot at them. ] Great swelling words of vani...
Numbers 21:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though you, feeble Moabites, and your god too, could not resist Sihon, we Israelites, by the help of our God, have shot With success and victory; at them At Sihon and his Amorites. Heshbon The...
Numbers 21:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

ATTACK AND DEFEAT OF CANAANITES (vs.1-3) The king of Arad, a Canaanite, heard that Israel was in the same vicinity from which they had sent the spies into the south of Canaan. He therefore took t...
Numbers 21:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sihon and Og Overthrown. B. C. 1452. 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of...
Numbers 21:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though you feeble Moabites, and your god too, could not resist Sihon, we Israelites, by the help of our God, have shot , to wit, with success and victory, as the following words show, at them, to wi...
Numbers 21:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Taunt Song Against the Amorites ( Numbers 21:30 ). We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, And we have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.” In an a...
Numbers 21:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 21:1 . King Arad the Canaanite . Rather, “the Canaanite King of Arad.” Arad was a royal city of the Canaanites ( Joshua 12:14 ), and was situated on a hill c...
Numbers 21:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 21:1 . King Arad; that is, Arad king of Arad. The way of the spies, is understood to be the route of the twelve spies sent from Kadesh-Barnea. But the LXX not understanding it so, render...
Numbers 21:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass. The wicked hate and persecute the godly without any just cause This is the practice of wicked men to pursue the children of God with all despiteful dealin...
Numbers 21:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE END OF JOURNEYS , THE BEGINNING OF VICTORIES ( Numbers 21:10 Numbers 22:1 ). Numbers 21:10 The children of Israel set forward , and pitched in Oboth. In t...
Numbers 21:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Overthrow of Sihon and Og
Numbers 21:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:24 ; Genesis 49:23 ; Isaiah 15:2 ; Isaiah 15:9 ; Jeremiah 48:18 ; Jeremiah 48:22 ; Joshua 13:17 ; Numbers 32:34 ; Psalms 18:14
Numbers 21:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Though you feeble Moabites, and your God too, could not resist Sihon, we Israelites, by the help of our God, have shot, with success and victory, at them, at Sihon and his Amorites. Heshbon — The r...

Numbers 21:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 21:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 21:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 21:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 21:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 21:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 21:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 21:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 21:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 21:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 21:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 21:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 21:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 21:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 21:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 21:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes