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Deuteronomy 2:37 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 2 · verse 37
Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.Deuteronomy 2:37 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 2:37 in context
35Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
36From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
37Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- camestqârabto approach for whatever purposeH7126 →
- JabbokYabbôqJabbok, a river east of the JordanH2999 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- AmmonʻAmmôwnAmmon, a son of LotH5983 →
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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