II a..:....wir NIIMBERS XXI. D::uc z. 26. where IlMof s faith, I font mef wgers. For it is very frequent, when things arc done by a multitude , where one is chide, that the action is afcribed either to the multitude, or to hint that is chiefe, indifferently : as, 7bey made peace with David, andferved him, Chron, 19. 19. or, 7bey made peace with Ifrael , and ferved them , as ano- ther Prophet recordeth it, 2 Samuel 10.19. So Iehojada , he brought forth the Kings fnne and he put the crówne upon biro, z King. í 1. I 2. or, They brought forth tbe Kings forme, and they put upon bim the crowue, 2 Chron. 23. 11. and, they offered burnt- offèriitgs, 1 Chron. 1611. or , David offered burnt- offerings, 2 Sam.6.17. and many the like. The occafonof this ma/age now fent by Ifrael, was the commas- dement of God, who willed then: to goe war a- gainst Sihon, and to poffeflè his land, Deut. 2. 24, 25. Silwn] ot. Sicbon 5 in Greeke, Seon King of the Amerites ; his chiefe citie was Hesbon , Deut. 2. 26. laying] the Greeke verfion addeth (From Dent. 2.26.) with peaceable words, faying. 22 Verfe 22. Let me pale] inGreeke, Let us pale : which phrafes are often ufed indifferently, when they are fpoken of a multitude : and fo theScrip- ture fetteth this down both wales,Let me paff,as here,& in Deut.2.27. and,Let ur paf, Judg.11.19. thorow thy land] that fo I may come into the land ofCanaan, unto my place, Judg.11.19. Deut.2. 29. ree will not turne] in Dent. 2.27. I will not none,. (peaking of the multitude as of one man. into field,or into vineyard]to the right based,or to the left, Deut.z. 27. See Num.2o.17. of the well] in Gr. of well, meaning of any of his wels,for nought; but they would buy theirwater of him foe money, Deut. 2. 28. the Kings way] thehigh way,com- mon for all,whichin Deut.2.27.is fet down thus, by the way,by the way. See allo Num.20.17. 23 Verfe 23. wouldnotgrant] Hebr.granted(or gave) not: that is, would not give or fuffr : as where it is Paid, David removed not the Arlie ,1 Chron. 13.13. anotherProphet openeth it thus , David would not remove rate Arke, z Sam. 6. io. And fo Mofes ex- plains this in Deu.2.3o.But Sibon fling of Hesbon would not let teepaf thorow him. The ranti why he would not,was feare and diltrult,as it is written, But Sihon trufled not Ifrael to paffe thorom hia waft, Judg.r 1.20. but chiefly it was of the Lord, ;who purpofed to deftroy the Amorites,as Mofes faitlh, For Iehovah thy God bardned his fpirit , and made his heart ftrong, that be might give bim into thine band,Den. 2.3o. lahaz] or labats; in Greek Iaf]a; in La- tine la fa ; the name of a citie mentioned allo in Deut.z.3z. Judg.: 1.20. Efay 554. Jer.4.21,34. 24 Verfe 24. Ifrael Jicote him] for, lehovab the God of Ifrael , delivered Sihon and all his people into Ilraels hand, Judg.15.21.Deut.2.2 3. Therefore the glory of this vt&ory is of ribcd unto God, in Pia. t 35. 1 o,,1. & e 36. t 7,18,19. And in Amos 2.9. God faith , I defti-oyed the Atnoritebefore them, woof height was like the height oftheCedars, and he was flung as the Oakes ; yet I deftroyedhie fruit from above, and his roots jroin leneatb. was firong] by realms that it was tented with Iabboh which was a river, and by ntountaines ands ities on them,Dent.z.37. ther- fore the Ammonites held their territories be yond Iahbok, fo that Sihon tooke then: not from them : and as for Ifrael, they might not war a- gainft the Ammonites, Dent. 2.19. Verfe 25. tookall theft cities] utterly deftroying men,women,and children of every chit, but the cattell and'fpoile of the cities they tooke alto, Deut. 2. 34, 35. the daughters] that is, as the Chaldec explaineth it , the towns or villages there- of: for the chiefe cities are counted as mothers, the villages about them as daughterrthorowout the Scriptures, Ezek.16.44,45,46,48,53. There- fore as here it is Paid, Hesbon and her daughters : fo elfewhere we reade Hesbon and all her cities, Jof. 13.17. And that which is called a eitie, and a mother in Ifrael, 2 Sam. 20.19. is in the Greeke interpreted, a citie and a mother citle (Metropolis) in Ifrael. Theft daughters Mofes calleth «nwalled cities, Deut. 3. 5. Verle 27. that fpeake in proverbes] or, that j(,eale parables; in Greeke, .eEnigmatills, they that (peak riddles : fuch in Ifrad were the Prophets, they ti- fed to fpeake by arables, as Ezck.s 7.2.& 20.49. But it is alto ufed for Proverbes and by- words, to the reproach of perlons that are brought downe from high citate to mifery ; as Dent. 28. 37.2 Chro.7.zo, Jer.24.9.Haba'k.2.6. and fo it is meant in this place. The Hebrews 7-attçhuma, and Sol. larch, , expound there that fpake in pro- verbs, to be Balaam and Bear his father, (as wee reade that Balaam took up his parable against A- malek and others when he prophefsed their de- firuition, Numb. 24. 20,-23.) Iarcbi faith, that Sihon was not able to fubdrre them , and be went andbi- redBalaam to curfi them ; anal hereupon Balak faid trn- sohim,(ìnNumb.z2.6.) Ì nowthathewhomthou bieffeil m bleffed, &c. But this is an uncertainties and it may be allo underltood of the Ilraelites, that they uteri thefe parables its rehearing the workes and wars of the Lord. Come into Fief - bon] or, into Cbefhbon; inGreek, Efebon. Cbazku- ni expoundeth it , Come to dwell in Hesbon ,fir nom itfhall beeffafylifl-ed, after that Sihon bath the domi nion of it : for fo long as it was in the band of the King of Moab, theey were afraid to dwell within it, betaufe tbt King mar weak. Let thecitie of Sihon] in Greeke thus, that the title of Seoul may be built : by which it appeareth, that this proverbe was first taken np after that Sibon had won Hesbon out of Moths hand. prepared] or, firmly efia.. blzfhed; meaning more than in former times it had beetle ;,or, as larchi faith ,preparedin Sihotià' name, for to be his cinie, Verfe z 8. a fire] by fire and flame, warres that confiture are ufually meant,as in Efa.47. r4. Dan, 15.33. Amos 1.7,10,12,14. & 2.2,5.Obad.r.18. Pfal. 78.63. So this is fpoken of Sillons wars a- gainfttheMoabites. The Ghaldee expoundeth it, A ftrong Eaftwind like , and mart iers like aflame : and the Ierufalemie barium thus; A pcopleflrong, and burning like fire, and warriors like a flame of ire. from the citie of Sibxn] Pan the citie which nom is Sthans, as Chazktvti explaineth it. Theft': parables are after by leremie applied againit the M m m m 3 Moabites 137 25 27 28
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