Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
In Context
16They also envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron the sanctified of LORD.
18And a fire was kindled in their company. The flame burned up the wicked [men].
Cross References
Numbers 16:31And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them,
Numbers 26:10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, that time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became an example.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 106:14-34
Provocation of Israel in the Wilderness. 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: 14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. 15 And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. 16 They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord . 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram. 18 And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. 19 They made a calf in Horeb, and… Read the whole commentary →