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- Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
- George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
- E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
- Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
- Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible
The loss of the entire trans-Jordanic territory seems to be intended, or at any rate its complete ruin and devastation (compare marginal reference “y”). This was the home of the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasseh Joshua 22:1-9. It was more accessible from Damascus than the region west of the river.
Aroer - There were several places of this name. The one here mentioned is the most famous (compare Deuteronomy 2:36 note).
Even Gilead and Bashan - The writer had previously called the whole territory “Gilead;” now he distinguishes it, more accurately, into Gilead, the southern, and Bashan, the northern region 1 Kings 4:13, 1 Kings 4:19.
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Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https:/
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
From Jordan eastward,.... This was principally the coast on which Hazael smote them, to the east of the land of Canaan:
all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Moabites; the country on the other side Jordan, given to these tribes by Moses, at their request, which were before the kingdoms of Sihon and of Og:
from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan: countries which the Israelites first conquered, and were the first they lost.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Kings 10:33 From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
Ver. 33. All the land of Gilead.] A rich and fruitful country: not Ramothgilead only, lately recovered by Joram; but all that region beyond Jordan, held by the Syrians for about sixty years after. [2 Kings 14:25]
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Trapp, John. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https:/
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible
From Jordan eastward, to wit, from the land of Canaan.
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Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. https:/
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
33.From Jordan eastward — This exposed frontier, occupied by the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, was the first to fall into the hands of foreigners. They were more nomadic, and, from constant contact with the neighbouring nations, lost the more rapidly their sympathy with the western tribes. Hazael smote and subjugated them, but Pul and Tiglath-pileser carried them away into captivity. See 1 Chronicles 5:25-26.
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Whedon, Daniel. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". https:/
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
Aroer. See Josue xiii. 25. This was a most severe scourge, (Menochius) as all the eastern tribes were lost to Israel. (Haydock)
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Haydock, George Leo. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". https:/
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
eastward = toward the sun-rising.
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Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "E.W. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https:/
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(33) From Jordan eastward.—This verse defines the border land which Hazael ravaged, and, in fact, occupied. It was the land east of the Jordan, that is to say, all the land of Gilead, which was the territory of Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
From Aroer.—Aroer, now ‘Arâ‘îr, on the Arnon, was the southern limit of Gilead, which extended northward to Mount Hermon, and included Bashan. “Even (both) Gilead and Bashan,” is added to make it clear that the whole of the land east of the Jordan, and not merely Gilead in the narrower sense, was conquered by Hazael. These conquests of Hazael were characterised by great barbarity. (Comp. Amos 1:3-5, and Elisha’s prediction of the same, 2 Kings 8:12, supra.) Ewald thinks Hazael took advantage of the internal troubles at the outset of the reign to effect his conquests. But a man of Jehu’s energy must soon have established domestic tranquillity.
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Ellicott, Charles John. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers". https:/
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.- eastward
- Heb. toward the rising of the sun. the land of Gilead.
- Numbers 32:33-42; Deuteronomy 3:12-17; Joshua 13:9-12
- even
- or, even to.
- Amos 1:3,4
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Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on 2 Kings 10:33". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https:/
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