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Numbers 22:39

Numbers 22:39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth .

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Kirjath-buzoth - i. e., “city of streets,” within Balak’s dominions, south of the Arnon, and identified either with the ruins of Shihan, 4 miles west by south of the site assigned to Ar or Ir, or with…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 22:36-41

We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God's Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectations of the success. 1. Balak speaks of it with confidence, not…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Kiriath-huzoth -The town of streets." The site is unknown.