Deuteronomy 2:24
in Deuteronomy 2“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
KJV
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 2
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Rise ye up . . . and pass over the river Arnon--At its mouth, this stream is eighty-two feet wide and four deep. It flows in a channel banked by perpendicular cliffs of sandstone.
This site's exposition
cross the Arnon Valley
on Deuteronomy 2:24-25
Three times the chapter has said "I will not give you", and here it says "I have delivered into your hand". So the conquest opens against Sihon the Amorite.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon,....
This was then God's way of disposing of kingdoms, but such particular grants are not now either to be expected or pretended. In this commission observe, 1.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ק֣וּמוּ | kumu | arise | H6965 → | 628 times |
| סְּע֗וּ | seu | set out | H5265 → | 146 times |
| וְעִבְרוּ֮ | veivru | and pass over | H5674 → | 556 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נַ֣חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| אַרְנֹן֒ | ʾarnon | Arnon | H769 → | 25 times |
| רְאֵ֣ה | reeh | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| נָתַ֣תִּי | natati | I give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְ֠יָדְךָ | veyadekha | in hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| סִיחֹ֨ן | sichon | Sihon | H5511 → | 37 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| חֶשְׁבּ֧וֹן | cheshbon | Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| הָֽאֱמֹרִ֛י | haemori | the Amorite | H567 → | 87 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַרְצ֖וֹ | ʾartzo | land his | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הָחֵ֣ל | hachel | begin | H2490 → | 143 times |
| רָ֑שׁ | rash | take possession of [it] | H3423 → | 231 times |
| וְהִתְגָּ֥ר | vehitgar | and engage in strife | H1624 → | 14 times |
| בּ֖וֹ | bo | with him | ||
| מִלְחָמָֽה׃ | milchamah | battle | H4421 → | 320 times |
ק֣וּמוּarise
kumuH6965 →628 times
סְּע֗וּset out
seuH5265 →146 times
וְעִבְרוּ֮and pass over
veivruH5674 →556 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
אַרְנֹן֒Arnon
ʾarnonH769 →25 times
רְאֵ֣הsee
reehH7200 →1300 times
נָתַ֣תִּיI give
natatiH5414 →2011 times
בְ֠יָדְךָin hand your
veyadekhaH3027 →1618 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
סִיחֹ֨ןSihon
sichonH5511 →37 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
חֶשְׁבּ֧וֹןHeshbon
cheshbonH2809 →38 times
הָֽאֱמֹרִ֛יthe Amorite
haemoriH567 →87 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אַרְצ֖וֹland his
ʾartzoH776 →2504 times
הָחֵ֣לbegin
hachelH2490 →143 times
רָ֑שׁtake possession of [it]
rashH3423 →231 times
וְהִתְגָּ֥רand engage in strife
vehitgarH1624 →14 times
בּ֖וֹwith him
bo
מִלְחָמָֽה׃battle
milchamahH4421 →320 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Daniel 4:17This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it…
it leads to
- Daniel 2:21
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
- Daniel 4:25
You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field. You will feed on grass like an ox and be drenched with the dew of heaven,…
- Psalms 75:6–7
For exaltation comes neither from east nor west, nor out of the desert,
- 1 Samuel 2:8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth…
- Jeremiah 27:5–7
By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Daniel 2:21
Through
Jeremiah 27:5By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:17
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- Jeremiah 51:15
The LORD made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding.
- Psalms 115:15–16
May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
- Jeremiah 32:17
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.