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Deuteronomy 2:24 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 2 · verse 24
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.Deuteronomy 2:24 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:24 in context
22As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:
23And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
24Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
25This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
26And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- journeynâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- AmoriteʼĔmôrîyan Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribesH567 →
- HeshbonCheshbôwnCheshbon, a place East of the JordanH2809 →
- beholdrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- rivernachala stream, especially a winter torrentH5158 →
- ArnonʼArnôwnthe Arnon, a river east of the Jordan, also its territoryH769 →
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God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not made any attack upon them, here he recompenses them for their obedience by giving them possession of the country of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-37