Deuteronomy 2:37

Deu 2:37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, [nor] unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.

Ver. 37. Only unto the land.] This kindness these Ammonites, in after ages, very evil requited, {Amo 1:13 Jer 49:1} dealing by them as that monster Michael Balbus dealt by the Emperor Leo Armenius, whom he slew the same night that this prince had pardoned and released him.

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Deu 2:37. Of Jabbok — That is, beyond Jabbok; for that was the border of the Ammonites.

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2:37 Like the Moabites, the Ammonites were related to Israel and were thus to be left undisturbed (cp. 2:9). • The Jabbok River, a great tributary of the Jordan River, marked the border between Gilead to the north and the Amorite kingdom of Sihon to the south. The Ammonites lived east and south of the Jabbok (2:19). It was somewhere at the Jabbok that Jacob wrestled with the stranger at night (Gen 32:22-32).

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Or, ford.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Verse 37. Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not] God gave them their commission; and those only were to be cut off, the cup of whose iniquity was full. Though the Moabites and Ammonites were thus spared, they requited good with evil, for they fought against the Israelites, and cast them out of their possessions, Jdg 11:4-5; 2Ch 20:1, c., and committed the most shocking cruelties see Am 1:13. Hence God enacted a law, that none of these people should enter into the congregation of the Lord even to their tenth generation: see De 23:3-6.

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37. Change to the Sg. address. This, with the fact that the clause is a mere qualification not necessary to the context, has led some to take it for a later addition.

all the side of the river Jabboḳ, and the cities of the hill country] This defines the land of ‘Ammôn, which lay at that time on the upper stretch of Jabboḳ, where the stream runs from S.W. to N.E. before turning in its main course W. to Jordan; cp. JE, Num_21:24. The country there is hilly in contrast with the Mo‘ab plateau.

and wheresoever] So Sam.; LXX according to all that.

forbad us] Rather commanded us: suitable to the preceding reading of the LXX. Us is wanting in Heb. but is given by Sam. and LXX.

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Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not,.... Which was then in their possession; otherwise what Sihon had took away from them, that the children of Israel came into and enjoyed, as before observed, Deu 2:19.

nor unto any place of the river Jabbok; any town or city situated on this river, which was the border of the children of Ammon, Deu 3:16; see Gill on Gen 32:22,

nor unto the cities in the mountains; much less did they penetrate into the innermost parts of their country, the mountainous part thereof, and the cities there:

nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us: whether in Edom, Moab, or Ammon, particularly the latter, of which he is more especially and peculiarly speaking.

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Jeboc, towards its source: for both sides of the torrent were taken by the Hebrews from the kings Sehon and Og, who had already driven the Ammonites farther into the mountains, on the east. (Haydock) --- When these demanded the conquered country to be restored to them, Jephte shewed that their claim was inadmissible, Judges i. 13. (Calmet) --- They had lost possession when the Hebrews came; and, as God had authorized the latter to take the land from those kings, without enquiring who were the former proprietors, the Ammonites, who had themselves expelled the Zomzommim, came with a very bad grace to assert their title, after a lapse of near 300 years. God only forbids the Hebrews to molest the actual dominions of the sons of Ammon, Moab, and Esau, in consideration of their fathers, to whom they were so nearly related. (Haydock)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Of the river Jabbok, i.e. beyond Jabbok; for that was the border of the Ammonites, Jos 12:2.

Object. Half the land of the Ammonites is said to be given to the tribe of Gad, Jos 13:25.

Answ. This is true of that half of it which the Amorites had taken from them, but not of the other half, which yet was in the possession of the Ammonites.

In the mountains; the mountainous country of the Ammonites.

Forbad us, Heb. commanded us: commanding is put for forbidding here, as Gen 2:16; 3:11; Lev 4:2; Deu 4:23. The words may be thus rendered, concerning

which the Lord gave us command or charge, to wit, that we should not meddle with them, as was said before. So it is only an ellipsis of the preposition, which is very frequent.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

In obedience to the Divine injunction, the Israelites left untouched the country of the Ammonites, situated on the eastern side of the Upper Jabbok. Cities in the mountains; the towns in the Ammonitish highlands. in Jos_13:25, half of the laud of the Ammonites is said to be assigned to the tribe of Gad; but that refers to the part of the land between the Arnon and the Jabbek, which had been taken from the Ammonites by the Amorites, and was in the possession of the latter at the time of the Israelitish invasion. (Jud_1:11:13, etc.) Whatsoever the Lord our God forbad us: Finally, all that Jehovah our God commanded not to come into.

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Of Jabbok - That is, beyond Jabbok: for that was the border of the Ammomites.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

כל יד נחל יבק means, ALL THE DISTRICT BESIDE THE BROOK OF JABBOK.

וכל אשר צוה ה' אלהינו לנו — This means, AND ALL WHICH THE LORD OUR GOD COMMANDED US not to capture, we left.

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