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Numbers 21:24

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

KJV

A quo percussus est in ore gladii, et possessa est terra ejus ab Arnon usque Jeboc, et filios Ammon : quia forti præsidio tenebantur termini Ammonitarum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν Ἰσραὴλ φόνῳ μαχαίρης, καὶ κατεκυρίευσαν τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Ἀρνὼν ἕως Ἰαβόκ, ἕως υἱῶν Ἀμμάν· ὅτι Ἰαζὴρ ὅρια υἱῶν Ἀμμών ἐστιν.

LXX

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

ASV

וַ/יַּכֵּ֥/הוּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְ/פִי חָ֑רֶב וַ/יִּירַ֨שׁ אֶת אַרְצ֜/וֹ מֵֽ/אַרְנֹ֗ן עַד יַבֹּק֙ עַד בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֣י עַ֔ז גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Jabbok River

In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַרְנוֹן֙
'rnvn
proper_noun · 25×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
חֶ֖רֶב
chrb
noun · 409×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַבֹּק֙
ybq
proper_noun · 7×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 499×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַמּ֔וֹן
'mvn
proper_noun · 105×
עָ֑ז
'z
noun · 24×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 2:9 — Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
  • Deut 2:37 — Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
  • Deut 3:16 — And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
  • Gen 32:22 — And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
  • Josh 9:10 — And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
  • Josh 12:1 — Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all
  • Josh 24:8 — And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them
  • Judg 11:13 — And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now ther
  • Neh 9:22 — Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
  • Num 21:34 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwel
  • Num 32:4 — Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
  • Ps 136:19 — Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: