Deuteronomy 2:15

They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

In Context

14It had been thirty-eight years from the time we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we crossed the Zered Gorge. During those years, all the Israeli ◄fighting men/soldiers► of that generation had died, as Yahweh had vowed would happen.

16After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died [DOU],

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:6Then Yahweh [SYN] powerfully caused the people of Ashdod and the people who lived in nearby villages to have ◄a very great plague/serious illness► of tumors.

1 Samuel 5:11The people were terrified/in panic because they knew that God was starting to punish them severely. So they summoned the five kings of the Philistia people-group again, and pleaded with them, saying, “Take this sacred chest of the god of the Israelis back to its own place! If you do not do that quickly, we will all die!”

Psalms 32:4Day and night, Yahweh, you [SYN] punished me severely. My strength drained away like water that ◄ evaporates/dries up► on a hot summer day. (Think about that!)

Psalms 90:7Similarly, because of the sins that we have committed, you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us.

Isaiah 66:14When you see those things happen, you [SYN] will rejoice. Your old bones will become strong again like [SIM] grass that grows quickly/well in the springtime. When that happens, everyone will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 2:9-24

8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims;… Read the whole commentary →

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