Joshua 13:25
in Joshua 13The territory of Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
KJV
And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
7 notes on this verseHalf the land on the children of Ammon - This probably was land which had been taken from the Ammonites by Sihon, king of the Amorites, and which the Israelites possessed by right of conquest. For although the Israelites were forbidden to take the land of the Ammonites, Deu 2:37, yet this part, as having been united to the territories of Sihon, they might possess when they defeated that king and subdued his kingdom.
This site's exposition
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Gad
on Joshua 13:24-31
Gad inherits Jacob's ground, since Mahanaim is where Jacob met the angels of God at Genesis 32:1-2. Adam Clarke identifies Ramath-mizpeh with Ramoth-gilead, a city of refuge at Joshua 20:8 and the field where Ahab dies. Manasseh receives the sixty towns of Jair, named by Jair at Numbers 32:41.
This site's exposition
as far as Aroer, near Rabbah
This Aroer lies near Rabbah, the city of the Ammonites at Deuteronomy 3:11, and differs from the Aroer on the Arnon in verse 16. John Wesley reads all the cities of Gilead as the main towns of Gad's part of Gilead. Half of Gilead goes to Manasseh at verse 31.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Succoth and Penuel, which we read of in the story of Gideon, were in this tribe; and that forest which is called the wood of Ephraim (from the slaughter Jephthah made there of the Ephraimites), in which Absalom's rebellious army was beaten, while his father David lay at Mahanaim, one of the frontier-cities of this tribe,
The cities of Gilead - That is, all the cities of eminency; all the cities properly so called, which lay in that part of Gilead; and so this may well agree with ver. 31, where half the country of Gilead is said to be given to the Manassites; but there is no mention of any cities there.
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And their coast was Jazer,....
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֤י | vayhi | and it belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָהֶם֙ | lahem | to <the> them | ||
| הַגְּב֔וּל | hagevul | the territory | H1366 → | 240 times |
| יַעְזֵר֙ | ya'zer | Jazer | H3270 → | |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| עָרֵ֣י | ʾarei | [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| הַגִּלְעָ֔ד | hagilad | <the> Gilead | H1568 → | 134 times |
| וַחֲצִ֕י | vachatzi | and [the] half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| אֶ֖רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמּ֑וֹן | amon | Ammon | H5983 → | 106 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| עֲרוֹעֵ֕ר | aroer | Aroer | H6177 → | 16 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [is] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| רַבָּֽה׃ | rabah | Rabbah | H7237 → |
וַיְהִ֤יand it belonged
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
לָהֶם֙to <the> them
lahem
הַגְּב֔וּלthe territory
hagevulH1366 →240 times
יַעְזֵר֙Jazer
ya'zerH3270 →
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
עָרֵ֣י[the] cities of
ʾareiH5892 →1090 times
הַגִּלְעָ֔ד<the> Gilead
hagiladH1568 →134 times
וַחֲצִ֕יand [the] half of
vachatziH2677 →125 times
אֶ֖רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
עַמּ֑וֹןAmmon
amonH5983 →106 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
עֲרוֹעֵ֕רAroer
aroerH6177 →16 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עַל־[is] on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
רַבָּֽה׃Rabbah
rabahH7237 →
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
2 Samuel 11:1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained…
- 1 Kings 20:26
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:22
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against…
- Ecclesiastes 3:8
a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and…
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
Through
Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
it leads to
- Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- 2 Samuel 12:26
Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
- Genesis 14:5
Through
2 Samuel 12:26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 20:1–3
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained…
- 1 Chronicles 20:1–3
Where this verse is studied
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About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.