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A Historical Footnote
Commentators explain that this verse is a historical note, likely added by a later editor, to provide context. It describes how the Caphtorim (often identified with the Philistines) conquered and displaced the Avvim people in the region of Gaza. The term 'Hazerim' is not a city but simply means 'villages' or 'enclosures.'
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 2:20–23
18th Century
Theologian
These verses, like (Deuteronomy 2:10–12), are in all likelihood an addition made by a later reviser.
([Reference Deuteronomy 2:2…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 2:23
19th Century
Bishop
The Avims who dwelt in Hazerim, even to Azzah, the Caphtorims ... destroyed.—“In Hazerim” should apparently be rendered “…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 2:23
17th Century
Pastor
And the Avim, which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah
The same with the Avites, who appear to have inhabited some pa…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 2:8–23
17th Century
Minister
We have the origin of the Moabites, Edomites, and Ammonites. Moses also gives an instance older than any of these: the Caphtorims drove the Avims o…