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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 1:44 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 1:44 |
King James |
And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| The Amorites - In Num 14:45, it is "the Amalekites and the Canaanites" who are said to have discomfited them. The Amorites, as the most powerful nation of Canaan, lend their name here, as in other passages (eg. Deu 1:7) to the Canaanite tribes generally. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| As bees - As bees which being provoked come out of their hives in great numbers, and with great fury pursue their adversary and disturber. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The Amorites - chased you - See the note on Num 14:40 : as bees do - by irresistible numbers. |
7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.