Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
In Context
16And they envied Moses in the camp, [and] Aaron, the saint of Jehovah.
18And fire was kindled in their company; a flame burned up the wicked.
Cross References
Numbers 16:31And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
Numbers 26:10And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that band died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign.
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 →