Judges 11:19

Jdg 11:19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.

Ver. 19. Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land.] This he not only denied to do, but came out with all his forces to fight with them. John, king of Navarre, did none of all this: but because, being himself a Frenchman, and having the greatest part of his patrimony in France, he would not suffer the Spaniard, whom the Pope then favoured against Louis, king of France, to lead his army through the middle of his country into Aquitane; and because he would not deliver up to the Spaniard three of his strongest forts to be garrisoned against the French king, &c., he was presently proclaimed a schismatic, a heretic, a traitor to the see apostolic, deprived of his kingdom, his posterity disinherited, and his enemy put into possession of all. {a}

{a} Guicciardin.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Jdg 11:19-22. Let us pass through thy land unto my place — That is, unto the land of Canaan, which the Lord hath given me. But Sihon fought against Israel — He not only refused, after the example of his neighbours, to grant the Israelites a passage through his country, which they could not insist upon as their absolute right, but raised all his forces, and proudly marched to drive them away from his borders. So that, as Jephthah intends to signify, Sihon was the aggressor, and the Israelites were compelled to fight in their own defence. They possessed all the coasts — Or borders, together with all the land included within those borders. From the wilderness — Namely, the desert of Arabia; unto Jordan.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Or, country.

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

(19) Unto Sihon.—Num_21:21; Deu_2:26-29 (where see the Commentary).

The King of Heshbon.—He was king of the Aniorites by birth, but king of Heshbon only by conquest. The town was assigned to Reuben (Num_32:37).

Into my place.—The conquest of the territories of Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh had not entered into the original plan of Israel, but had been providentially determined by the hostility of Sihon and Og (Deu_2:29). The Vulg. renders it “unto the river (usque ad fluvium).

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

19. Again abbreviated from JE’s narrative, Num_21:21-24, which is further expanded in Deu_2:26-37.

Sihon … the king of Heshbon] So frequently, e.g. Num_21:26, Deu_2:24; Deu_2:26; Deu_2:30; Deu_3:6; Deu_29:7, Jos_12:5 etc. The site of Sihon’s capital is now represented by Ḥesbân (nearly 3000 ft.), finely placed among the mountains, 16 m. N.E. of the upper end of the Dead Sea, and overlooking Mt Nebo, which Isaiah 5 m. to the S.W. In later times Heshbon is referred to as a Moabite city, Isa_15:4; Isa_16:8 f., Jer_48:2; Jer_48:34; Jer_48:45; Jer_49:3; it was assigned to Reuben by the Israelites, Jos_13:17 P.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through, his coast,.... For fear they should seize upon his dominions, and retain them; and the more fearful he might be, as he knew that his people were one of the seven nations of the Canaanites, whose land they were going to possess, and whom they were to destroy:

but Sihon gathered all his people together; in some certain place, and armed them, and went out in an hostile manner against Israel in the wilderness, to attack them; whereby it appears that he was the aggressor, and therefore Israel was not to be blamed, as not for fending themselves, so neither for seizing and possessing his country when they had conquered him:

and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel; there was a battle between them at the place mentioned, and the victory was on Israel's side, see Num 21:23.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

i.e. Unto the land of Canaan, which God hath given to me.

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

And Israel, etc. The text here follows Num_21:21-24 almost verbatim; but the expression, "the king of Heshbon," is from Deu_2:24, Deu_2:26, Deu_2:30.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

My place - That is, unto the land of Canaan, which God hath given me.

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

General Information:

Jephthah's messengers continue to speak.

Israel sent messengers to Sihon

The messengers were sent by the leaders of Israel. AT: "When the leaders of Israel sent messengers" (See: Synecdoche)

Sihon

This is the name of a person. (See: How to Translate Names)

Heshbon ... Jahaz

These are the names of cities. (See: How to Translate Names)

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory

Sihon did not trust the people of Israel to pass through his land peacefully. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "But Sihon did not trust the people of Israel to pass through his territory peacefully" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

there he fought

The word "he" refers to Sihon and represents himself and his army. AT: "there they fought" or "there his army fought" (See: Synecdoche)

translationWords

Amorite

trust

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