Joshua 21:39
in Joshua 21Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all.
KJV
Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
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This verse in Joshua 21
Commentary
3 notes on this verseHeshbon with her suburbs,.... Which was formerly the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and was first given to and rebuilt by the Reubenites, but was upon the border of the tribe of Gad; and appears from hence to have been one of their cities, Num 21:26, Jazer with her suburbs; sometimes called Jaazer, another city in the same country, and near Heshbon; see Num 21:32, four cities in all: which were Ramothgilead, Mahanaim, Heshbon, and Jazer.
This site's exposition
unto the children of Gershon
on Joshua 21:27-40
Gershon takes the north and Merari takes Zebulun with Reuben and Gad beyond Jordan, and four of the six refuge cities stand inside these verses at 27, 32, 36 and 38. Kedesh in Galilee is the town Deborah sends to for Barak at Judges 4:6, and Ramoth in Gilead is where Ahab dies in 1 Kings 22:29-37. Heshbon at verse 39 had been Sihon's royal city in Numbers 21:26, and Mahanaim at verse 38 is where Jacob met the angels in Genesis 32:2 and where David sheltered from Absalom in 2 Samuel 17:24. Levites are settled in towns that were Amorite capitals one generation earlier.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they gave . . . these cities which are here mentioned by name--It was overruled by the unerring providence of the Divine Lawgiver that the cities of the priests lay within the territories of Judah and Benjamin. This was a provision, the admirable wisdom and propriety of which were fully manifested on the schism that took place in the reign of Rehoboam.
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The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ | cheshbon | Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַעְזֵ֖ר | ya'zer | Jazer | H3270 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָ | migrasheha | pasture lands its | H4054 → | 119 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָרִ֖ים | ʾarim | [the] cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| אַרְבַּֽע׃ | ʾarba' | [were] four | H702 → | 318 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙Heshbon
cheshbonH2809 →38 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֔הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַעְזֵ֖רJazer
ya'zerH3270 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מִגְרָשֶׁ֑הָpasture lands its
migrashehaH4054 →119 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
עָרִ֖ים[the] cities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
אַרְבַּֽע׃[were] four
ʾarba'H702 →318 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
Jeremiah 48:32I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah, more than I weep for Jazer. Your tendrils have extended to the sea; they reach even to Jazer. The destroyer has descended on your summer…
it leads to
- Isaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…
- Numbers 21:32
After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Joshua 13:19
Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
- Isaiah 16:8–9
Through
Joshua 13:21all 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…
it leads to
- 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.
- 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.
- Numbers 31:8
Through
1 Chronicles 6:81Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 7:4
Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
- Deuteronomy 2:24
“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…
- Nehemiah 9:22
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- Song of Solomon 7:4
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.