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Joshua 13:21 KJV
Joshua · chapter 13 · verse 21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.Joshua 13:21 · King James Version
Joshua 13:21 in context
19And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley,
20And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
23And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- AmoritesʼĔmôrîyan Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribesH567 →
- kingdommamlâkûwth{dominionH4468 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- HeshbonCheshbôwnCheshbon, a place East of the JordanH2809 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- plainmîyshôwra levelH4334 →
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Here we have, I. Orders given to Joshua to assign to each tribe its portion of this land, including that which was yet unsubdued, which must be brought into the lot, in a believing confidence that it should be conquered when Israel was multiplied so as to have occasion for it (Jos 13:7): Now divide this land.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-33