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Joshua 13:21

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all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.

KJV

And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

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This verse in Joshua 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The princes of Midian - See the history of this war, Num 31:1, etc.; and from that place this and the following verse seem to be borrowed, for the introduction of the death of Balaam here seems quite irrelevant.

This site's exposition

unto the tribe of the children

on Joshua 13:15-23

Reuben's towns carry the names of the gods Israel had fallen to a generation before. Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon at verse 17 and Beth-peor at verse 20 are Baal's high places, Numbers 25:1-3 records what Israel did at Baal-peor, and Deuteronomy 34:6 buries Moses in a valley over against Beth-peor. Verse 22 is the only place in Scripture that calls Balaam a soothsayer, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, which closes Numbers 31:8. Heshbon at the head of the list had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these same towns again long after Reuben is gone.

The words behind it

32 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.

  • וְכֹל֙and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of

    ʾareiH5892 →1090 times

  • הַמִּישֹׁ֔רthe plain

    hamishorH4334 →23 times

  • וְכָֽל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • מַמְלְכ֗וּת[the] kingdom of

    mamlekhutH4468 →9 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

  • אֲשֶׁר֩whom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הִכָּ֨הhe had defeated

    hikahH5221 →499 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֜הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֹת֣וֹ׀<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • נְשִׂיאֵ֣י[the] leaders of

    nesieiH5387 →134 times

  • מִדְיָ֗ןMidian

    midyanH4080 →

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֱוִ֤יEvi

    ʾeviH189 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • רֶ֙קֶם֙Rekem

    rekemH7552 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • צ֤וּרZur

    tzurH6698 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • חוּר֙Hur

    churH2354 →

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • רֶ֔בַעReba

    reva'H7254 →

  • נְסִיכֵ֣י[the] princes of

    nesikheiH5257 →

  • סִיח֔וֹןSihon

    sichonH5511 →37 times

  • יֹשְׁבֵ֖י[who] dwelt of

    yosheveiH3427 →1079 times

  • הָאָֽרֶץ׃the land

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

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

Related verses

7 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 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.5 worksNumbers 25:15And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.4 worksDeuteronomy 3:10all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.3 worksNumbers 21:24–35And 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 2:30–36But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.2 worksJeremiah 48:8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Joshua 21:39Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.2 works

The walk

8 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

    Numbers 31:8

    Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 13:21–22

      all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and…

    • Numbers 25:15

      And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

    • Jude 1:11

      Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.

    • Revelation 2:14

      But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…

    • Psalms 9:16

      The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 3:10

    all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:49

      including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.

    • Numbers 21:33

      Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet them in battle at Edrei.

    • Joshua 13:11–12

      also Gilead and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah—

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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