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Selected Verse: Numbers 21:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 21:15 |
Strong Concordance |
And at the stream [0793] of the brooks [05158] that goeth down [05186] to the dwelling [03427] of Ar [06144], and lieth [08172] upon the border [01366] of Moab [04124]. |
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King James |
And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Ar--the capital of Moab. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| To the dwelling of Ar - Ar (compare Num 21:28; Isa 15:1) was on the bank of the Arnon, lower down the stream than where the Israelites crossed. Near the spot where the upper Arnon receives the tributary Nahaliel Num 21:19, there rises, in the midst of the meadow-land between the two torrents, a hill covered with the ruins of the ancient city (Jos 13:9, Jos 13:16; compare Deu 2:36). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Ar - A chief city in Moab. |
36 From Aroer [06177], which is by the brink [08193] of the river [05158] of Arnon [0769], and from the city [05892] that is by the river [05158], even unto Gilead [01568], there was not one city [07151] too strong [07682] for us: the LORD [03068] our God [0430] delivered [05414] all unto us [06440]:
16 And their coast [01366] was from Aroer [06177], that is on the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and the city [05892] that is in the midst [08432] of the river [05158], and all the plain [04334] by Medeba [04311];
9 From Aroer [06177], that is upon the bank [08193] of the river [05158] Arnon [0769], and the city [05892] that is in the midst [08432] of the river [05158], and all the plain [04334] of Medeba [04311] unto Dibon [01769];
19 And from Mattanah [04980] to Nahaliel [05160]: and from Nahaliel [05160] to Bamoth [01120]:
1 The burden [04853] of Moab [04124]. Because in the night [03915] Ar [06144] of Moab [04124] is laid waste [07703], and brought to silence [01820]; because in the night [03915] Kir [07024] of Moab [04124] is laid waste [07703], and brought to silence [01820];
28 For there is a fire [0784] gone out [03318] of Heshbon [02809], a flame [03852] from the city [07151] of Sihon [05511]: it hath consumed [0398] Ar [06144] of Moab [04124], and the lords of the high places [01181] of Arnon [0769].