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Numbers 21:1 KJV
Numbers · chapter 21 · verse 1
And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.Numbers 21:1 · King James Version
Numbers 21:1 in context
1And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- CanaaniteKᵉnaʻanîya Kenaanite or inhabitant of KenaanH3669 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- southnegebthe southH5045 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- spiesʼĂthârîymAtharim, a place near PalestineH871 →
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Here is, 1. The descent which Arad the Canaanite made upon the camp of Israel, hearing that they came by the way of the spies; for, though the spies which Moses had sent thirty-eight years before then passed and repassed unobserved, yet their coming, and their errand, it is likely, were afterwards known to the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3