Nehemiah 9:22

And thou gavest them kingdoms, and peoples, and allotted to each of them a corner,—and they took possession of the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

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In The King James Version

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

In Context

21Yea, forty years, didst thou sustain them in the desert, they lacked nothing,—their mantles, waxed not old and, their feet, swelled not.

23Their children also, didst thou multiply, like the stars of the heavens,—and didst bring them into the land which thou hadst promised their fathers they should enter to possess;

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Cross References

Numbers 21:21Then sent Israel messengers, unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying:

Deuteronomy 3:1Then turned we and went up, the way of Bashan; and Og king of Bashan, came out to meet us, he, and all his people, to give battle at Edrei.

Deuteronomy 4:47so they took possession of his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan the two kings of the Amorites, who were over the Jordan,—towards the rising of the sun;

Joshua 10:11And it came to pass, when they fled from before Israel, they, being on the slope of Beth-horon, that, Yahweh, cast down upon them great stones out of the heavens, as far as Azekah, and they died,—more, were they who died by the hailstones, than they whom the sons of Israel slew with the sword.

Psalms 78:65Then awoke, as one that had slept, Adonay, As a warrior exulting with wine!

Psalms 135:10Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings:

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 9:5-38

The Prayer of the Levites. ( b. c. 444.) 4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God. 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made… Read the whole commentary →

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