Psalms 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered over the company of Abiram.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
In Context
16Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
18And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the wicked.
Cross References
Numbers 16:31And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground that was under them was cloven asunder:
Numbers 26:10When the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korach, while that company 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 →