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2 Kings 10:33

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from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

KJV

From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.

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This verse in 2 Kings 10

Commentary

5 notes on this verse
The loss of the entire trans-Jordanic territory seems to be intended, or at any rate its complete ruin and devastation (compare marginal reference “y”). This was the home of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasseh Jos 22:1-9. It was more accessible from Damascus than the region west of the river. Aroer - There were several places of this name. The one here mentioned is the most famous (compare Deu 2:36 note).

This site's exposition

the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel

on 2 Kings 10:32-33

Judgment does not stop at Ahab's house; it turns next on Jehu's own kingdom. Hazael begins stripping Israel's eastern territory, fulfilling what Elisha had already wept over. The same chapter that records God's promise to Jehu's line records the first cost of the sins that promise did not erase.

This site's exposition

from Aroer by the Arnon Valley

Albert Barnes read the verse as the loss, or at least the full ruin, of Israel's land east of the Jordan. That country lay more open to Damascus than west of the river. Barnes took this Aroer on the Arnon as the best known of several towns of that name.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

From Jordan eastward,.... This was principally the coast on which Hazael smote them, to the east of the land of Canaan: all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Moabites; the country on the other side Jordan, given to these tribes by Moses, at their request, which were before the kingdoms of Sihon and of Og: from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan: countries which the Israelites first conquered, and were the first they lost.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַיַּרְדֵּן֙the Jordan

    haiyardenH3383 →182 times

  • מִזְרַ֣ח[the] rising of

    mizrachH4217 →

  • הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁthe sun

    hashemeshH8121 →134 times

  • אֵ֚ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of

    ʾeretzH776 →2504 times

  • הַגִּלְעָ֔ד<the> Gilead

    hagiladH1568 →134 times

  • הַגָּדִ֥יthe Gadite[s]

    hagadiH1425 →

  • וְהָרֻאובֵנִ֖יand the Reubenite[s]

    veharuveniH7206 →

  • וְהַֽמְנַשִּׁ֑יand the Manassite[s]

    vehamnashiH4520 →

  • מֵעֲרֹעֵר֙from Aroer

    mearoerH6177 →

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַל־[is] at

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of

    nachalH5158 →141 times

  • אַרְנֹ֔ןArnon

    ʾarnonH769 →

  • וְהַגִּלְעָ֖דand <the> Gilead

    vehagiladH1568 →134 times

  • וְהַבָּשָֽׁן׃and <the> Bashan

    vehabashanH1316 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

6 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Amos 1:3–4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.4 worksDeuteronomy 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.3 worksJoshua 13:9–12The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,2 worksDeuteronomy 3:12–17So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.2 worksNumbers 32:33–42So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.2 worksJeremiah 49:1Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 2:36

    From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:9

      The area from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plateau of Medeba as far as Dibon,

    • Deuteronomy 3:12

      So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with…

    • Deuteronomy 4:48

      extending from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Siyon (that is, Hermon),

    • Psalms 44:3

      For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because…

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
Jews Mourning in Exile, Eduard Bendemann, 1832, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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