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Myles Coverdale Bible

Judges 11:22

And they toke possessio of all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon vnto Iabok, & from ye wyldernesse vnto Iordane.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambassadors;   Amorites;   Diplomacy;   Jabbok;   Jephthah;   Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Edom;   Palestine;   War;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Vow;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jephthah;   Plain;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Amorite (the);   Jabbok;   Jephthah;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Arnon;   Heshbon;   Judges, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Gilead;   Jabbok;   Jephthah;   Judges (1);   Levi;   Sihon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Arnon ;   Jabbok ;   Sihon ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jephtha;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Coast;   Jabbok;   Jephthah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Am'orite, the Am'orites;   Ar'non;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Amorites;   War;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ammon, Ammonites;   Jabbok;   Jephthah;   Sihon;   War;   Wilderness;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
Hebrew Names Version
They possessed all the border of the Amori, from the Arnon even to the Yabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Yarden.
King James Version
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Lexham English Bible
They occupied all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon up to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness up to the Jordan.
English Standard Version
And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
New Century Version
So Israel took all the land of the Amorites from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, from the desert to the Jordan River.
New English Translation
They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west.
Amplified Bible
'They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness [westward] as far as the Jordan.
New American Standard Bible
'So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they possessed all the coast of the Amorites, from Arnon vnto Iabbok, and from the wildernesse euen vnto Iorden.
Legacy Standard Bible
And on some, who are doubting, have mercy;
Contemporary English Version
from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and from the desert in the east to the Jordan River in the west.
Complete Jewish Bible
They took possession of all the territory of the Emori from the Arnon to the Yabok and from the desert to the Yarden.
Darby Translation
And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness unto the Jordan.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Israelites got all the land of the Amorites from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. The land also went from the desert to the Jordan River.
George Lamsa Translation
And they possessed all their territory, from Arnon as far as Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
Good News Translation
They occupied all the Amorite territory from the Arnon in the south to the Jabbok in the north and from the desert on the east to the Jordan on the west.
Literal Translation
And they took possession of all the border of the Amorites from Arnon and to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and to the Jordan.
American Standard Version
And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.
Bible in Basic English
All the limit of the Amorites was theirs, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and from the waste land even to Jordan.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they possessed al the coastes of the Amorites, from Arnon vnto Iabok, & from the wildernesse vnto Iordane.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.
King James Version (1611)
And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon euen vnto Iabbok, and from the wildernesse euen vnto Iordan.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
from Arnon and to Jaboc, and from the wilderness to Jordan.
English Revised Version
And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
Berean Standard Bible
seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
dwellere of that cuntrey, and al the coostis therof fro Arnon `til to Jaboch, and fro the wildirnesse `til to Jordan.
Young's Literal Translation
and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan.
Update Bible Version
And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they possessed all the borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan.
World English Bible
They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
New King James Version
They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
New Living Translation
from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.
New Life Bible
They took all the land of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the desert as far as the Jordan.
New Revised Standard
They occupied all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites, - from Arnon, even as far as the Jabbok, and from the desert, even as far as the Jordan.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the coasts thereof from the Arnon to the Jaboc, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
Revised Standard Version
And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.

Contextual Overview

12 Then sente Iephthae messaungers to the kynge of the children of Ammon, and caused to saye vnto him: What hast thou to do with me, that thou comest vnto me to fight agaynst my londe? 13 The kynge of the childre of Ammo answered Iephthaes messaungers Because that Israel toke awaye my londe (whan they departed out of Egipte) from Arnon vnto Iabock, and vnto Iordane: geue it me agayne now therfore peaceably. 14 But Iephthae sent yet mo messaungers to ye kynge of the children of Ammon, 15 which sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth Iephthae: Israel hath taken no londe, nether from the Moabites ner from the children of Ammon: 16 for when they departed out of Egipte, Israel walked thorow the wyldernes vnto the reed see, and came to Cades, 17 and sent messaungers to the kynge of the Edomites, and sayde: Let me go thorow thy londe. But the kynge of ye Edomites wolde not heare the. They sent lykewyse vnto the kynge of the Moabites, which wolde not also. Thus Israel abode in Cades, 18 and compased the lode of the Edomites and Moabites, and came on the eastsyde of the londe of the Moabites and pitched beyonde Arnon, and came not within the coaste of the Moabites. For Arnon is the border of the Moabites. 19 And Israel sent messaungers vnto Sihon the kynge of the Amorites at Heßbon, and caused to saye vnto him: Let me go thorow thy londe vnto my place. 20 Neuertheles Sihon wolde not trust Israel to go thorow the border of his londe, but gathered all his people, and pitched at Iahza, and foughte with Israel. 21 Howbeit the LORDE God of Israel gaue Sihon with all his people in to Israels hade, so that they slewe them. Thus Israel conquered all the londe of the Amorites that dwelt in ye same countre.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And they: Deuteronomy 2:36

from the wilderness: From Arabia Deserta on the east, to Jordan on the west.

Reciprocal: Joshua 12:2 - Jabbok

Cross-References

Joshua 24:2
he sayde vnto all the people: Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel: Yor fathers dwelt afore time beyode ye water, Abraha & Nahor wt Tarah their father & serued other goddes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites,.... Peaceably and quietly, nor did any pretend to call their right in question, or dispute their title, or give them any disturbance:

from Arnon unto Jabbok: which was the length of the country, and the direction was from south to north, and reached from the river Arnon, the border of Moab, to the river Jabbok, the border of Ammon; so that it included no part of what was at this time in the possession of either:

and from the wilderness even unto Jordan; which was the breadth of it, and its direction was from the west to the east, reaching from the wilderness of Arabia to the river Jordan.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with Numbers and Deuteronomy would give additional force to the expression, “he uttered all his words before the Lord” Judges 11:11.

Judges 11:17

No mention is made of this embassy to Moab in the Pentateuch.

Judges 11:19

Into my place - This expression implies that the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel were not included in the land of Canaan properly speaking.

Judges 11:21

The title “God of Israel” has a special emphasis here, and in Judges 11:23. in a narrative of transactions relating to the pagan and their gods.

Judges 11:24

Chemosh was the national god of the Moabites (see the marginal references); and as the territory in question was Moabitish territory before the Amorites took it from “the people of Chemosh,” this may account for the mention of Chemosh here rather than of Moloch, or Milcom, the god of the Ammonites. Possibly the king of the children of Ammon at this time may have been a Moabite.

Judges 11:25, Judges 11:26

Jephthah advances another historical argument. Balak, the king of Moab, never disputed the possession of Sihon’s kingdom with Israel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Judges 11:22. From the wilderness even unto Jordan. — From Arabia Deserta on the east to Jordan on the west.


 
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