Deuteronomy 2:23 BSB

Deuteronomy 2:23

And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)

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ASV

And the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

KJV

And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And the Avim, which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah,.... The same with the Avites, who appear to have inhabited some part of the land of the Philistines, in which Azzah or Gaza was, which was one of the five lordships of the Philistines, Jos 13:

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Caphtor - Which is by the learned thought to be Cappadocia: whither these people might make an expedition out of Egypt, either because of the report of the great riches of part of that country which drew others thither from places equally remote, or for some other reason now unknown.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָֽעַוִּ֛ים	ve.ha.'a.Vim	and the Avvites	H5761 →
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים	hai.yo.she.Vim	who were dwelling	H3427 →
בַּחֲצֵרִ֖ים	ba.cha.tze.Rim	in villages	H2691 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
עַזָּ֑ה	'a.Zah	Gaza	H5804 →
כַּפְתֹּרִים֙	kaf.to.Rim	[the] Caphtorites	H3732 →
הַיֹּצְאִ֣ים	hai.yo.tze.'Im	who came forth	H3318 →
מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹר	mi.kaf.Tor	from Caphtor	H3731 →
הִשְׁמִידֻ֖ם	hish.mi.Dum	they destroyed them	H8045 →
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ	vai.ye.she.Vu	and they dwelt	H3427 →
תַחְתָּֽם׃	tach.Tam	in place of them	H8478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H8045hishmidumthey destroyed them90×

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 9:7
“Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from…
leads to
- Jeremiah 47:4
  For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 16:9
  So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
- Jeremiah 9:25–26
  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:
Through
Jeremiah 47:4
For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts…
leads to
- Amos 9:7
  “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 20:6
  And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria!…
Through
Jeremiah 25:20
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
leads to
- Job 1:1
  There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Jeremiah 50:37
  A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
- Lamentations 4:21
  So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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PlacePhilistine coastGazaChief Philistine city of the coastal road, judged in Amos 1:6-8 and Zephaniah 2:4; scene of Samson's end (Judg 16).

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