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Deuteronomy 3:17 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 3 · verse 17
The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.Deuteronomy 3:17 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 3:17 in context
15And I gave Gilead unto Machir.
16And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
17The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward.
18And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war.
19But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AshdothpisgahʼAshdôwth hap-PiçgâhAshdoth-Pisgah, a place east of the JordanH798 →
- Ashdothpisgahʼăshêdâha ravineH794 →
- ChinnerethKinnᵉrôwthKinneroth or Kinnereth, a place in PalestineH3672 →
- JordanYardênJarden, the principal river of PalestineH3383 →
- plainʻărâbâha desertH6160 →
- coastgᵉbûwlproperly, a cordH1366 →
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Having shown how this country which they were now in was conquered, in these verses he shows how it was settled upon the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, which we had the story of before, Num. 32. Here is the rehearsal. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-20