John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. And reigned in Mount Hermon , etc.] That is, over all the people that inhabited that mount or dwelt under it, ( Joshua 11:17), and adjacent to it, of which mountain, (see Gill on “ Deuteronomy 3:8-9”) and in Salcah : which was a city belonging to the kingdom of Og, ( Deuteronomy 3:10); and in all Bashan ; or Batanea, a country famous for pasturage, ( Micah 7:14 Jeremiah 50:19), and for fat cattle, ( Ezekiel 39:18), and for oaks, ( Isaiah 2:13 Ezekiel 27:6 Zechariah 11:2), frequently mentioned in Scripture: unto the border of the Geshurites, and the Maachathites ; which were two nations the Israelites never expelled, ( Joshua 13:13); of which (see Deuteronomy 3:14); and half Gilead ; which belonged to Og, as the other half did to Sihon, before observed, which was as follows: the border of Sihon king of Heshbon ; here the two kingdoms joined, even in the midst of Gilead, which was divided between them, but now wholly fell into the hands of Israel.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - Fresh mercies must not drown the remembrance of former mercies, no must the glory of the present instruments of good to the churc diminish the just honour of those who went before them, since God is the same who wrought by both. Moses gave to one part of Israel a very rich and fruitful country, but it was on the outside of Jordan. Joshu gave to all Israel the holy land, within Jordan. So the law has give to some few of God's spiritual Israel worldly blessings, earnests of good things to come; but our Lord Jesus, the true Joshua, provided for all the children of promise spiritual blessings, and the heavenl Canaan.
Original Hebrew ומשׁל4910 בהר2022 חרמון2768 ובסלכה5548 ובכל3605 הבשׁן1316 עד5704 גבול1366 הגשׁורי1651 והמעכתי4602 וחצי2677 הגלעד1568 גבול1366 סיחון5511 מלך4428 חשׁבון׃2809
