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Numbers 21:30 KJV
Numbers · chapter 21 · verse 30
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.Numbers 21:30 · King James Version
Numbers 21:30 in context
28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- perishedʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- HeshbonCheshbôwnCheshbon, a place East of the JordanH2809 →
- NophahNôphachNophach, a place in MoabH5302 →
- DibonDîybôwnDibon, the name of three places in PalestineH1769 →
- wasteshâmêmto stunH8074 →
- shotyârâhproperly, to flow as waterH3384 →
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We have here an account of the victories obtained by Israel over Sihon and Og, which must be distinctly considered, not only because they are here distinctly related, but because long afterwards the memorial of them is distinctly celebrated, and they are severally assigned as instances of everlasting mercy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-35