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Joshua 13:10

in Joshua 13

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

KJV

And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

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This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon,.... A city he took from the Moabites, and made it his royal seat, Num 21:26, unto the border of the children of Ammon; which was the river Jabbok, Deu 3:16.

This site's exposition

the Reubenites and the Gadites

on Joshua 13:8-14

The chapter turns back east and enters what Moses had already given as settled title, so the defeat of Sihon and Og in Numbers 21 and the request of Numbers 32 are written into Joshua's record without being reopened. Verse 13 admits the exception, that Geshur and Maachah were never expelled and dwell among Israel until this day, and Geshur later has a king whose daughter Maacah bears Absalom at 2 Samuel 3:3 and shelters him for three years at 2 Samuel 13:37. Matthew Henry lays that on Israel rather than on the grant, writing that those who are not straitened in God's promises are yet straitened in their own faith, and prayers, and endeavours. Verse 14 gives Levi no land because the offerings made by fire are their portion, which is the wording of Numbers 18:20 and Deuteronomy 18:1 carried over.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וְכֹ֗לand all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • עָרֵי֙[the] cities of

    ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

  • סִיחוֹן֙Sihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • מֶ֣לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • הָאֱמֹרִ֔יthe Amorite[s]

    haemoriH567 →87 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןin Heshbon

    becheshbonH2809 →38 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • גְּב֖וּל[the] border of

    gevulH1366 →240 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּֽוֹן׃Ammon

    amonH5983 →106 times

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

Related verses

4 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.

Numbers 21:24–26And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.2 worksDeuteronomy 33:20Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.2 worksJudges 11:26For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?2 worksJoshua 24:8Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.2 works

About Joshua

The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Walls of Jericho Fall Down, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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