Concerning the Ammonites , thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?
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Gill's Exposition
Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the Lord,.... Or, "to the Ammonites" (u); or, "against" them (w); it will bear to be rendered either way, and all is true; for what is said by the Lord, as…
Barnes' Notes
Hath Israel no sons? - i. e., the Ammonites in seizing Gilead have acted as if the country had no rightful owner. The sons of Israel were to return from captivity, and the land was their hereditary…
The Ammonites were next, both in kindred and neighbourhood, to the Moabites, and therefore are next set to the bar. Their country joined to that of the two tribes and a half, on the other side Jordan,…
Cambridge Bible
Hath Israel no sons?] The style is quite that of Jeremiah (e.g. Jer 2:14).
Malcam mg. (less well), their king; and so in Jer 49:49. He was the god of Ammon. See 1Ki 11:5. The word should be written as…
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