Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan: and covered the congregation of Abiron.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
In Context
16And they provoked Moses in the camp, Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
18And a fire was kindled in their congregation: the flame burned the wicked.
Cross References
Numbers 16:31And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the earth broke asunder under their feet:
Numbers 26:10And the earth opening her mouth swallowed up Core, many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred and fifty men. And there was a great miracle wrought,
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 →