Skip to Content
Commentary Library

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:2

Read verse in KJV Bible Reader

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Deuteronomy 3 In this chapter the account is carried on of the conquest of the Amorites by Israel, of Og king of Bashan, and his kingdom, Deuteronomy 3:1, and of the distribution of their country to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh, Deuteronomy 1:12 and then the command to the said tribes is observed, to go out armed before their brethren, and assist...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And the Lord said unto me,.... When Og was marching with all his forces against Israel: fear him not, c [See comments on Numbers 21:34].

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Moses, in this chapter, relates, I. The conquest of Og, king of Bashan, and the seizing of his country, ver. 1-11. II. The distribution of these new conquests to the two tribes and a half, ver. 12-17. Under certain provisos and limitations, ver. 18-20. III. The encouragement given to Joshua to carry on the war which was so gloriously begun, ver. 21, 22. IV. Moses's request to go over into Canaan...