For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Come into Heshbon.— These verses appear to commemorate first the victory of the Amorites over the Moabites, and then that of the I…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon
Not before, but after Sihon had subdued it, as Jarchi observes; and is to be understoo…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Sihon went with his forces against Israel, from outside his own borders and without provocation, and so brought about his own ruin. The enemies of …

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