Jueces 11:19

Listen to Jueces 11:19
19 Y envi贸 Israel embajadores 谩 Seh贸n rey de los Amorrheos, rey de Hesb贸n, dici茅ndole: Ru茅gote que me dejes pasar por tu tierra hasta mi lugar.

Jueces 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:19

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
the king of Heshbon
Which was his royal city, where he had his palace, and kept his court, and is therefore particularly mentioned; and the rather, because he had taken it from the Moabites, and was part of that land now in dispute; and this Sihon was not only in possession of, when Israel sent messengers to him, but it was his royal seat, the metropolis of his kingdom, and he was called king of it:

and Israel said unto him, let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land
unto my place;
the land of Canaan, prepared and reserved for them when the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, promised by the Lord to their ancestors and to them, and given unto them, who is sovereign Lord of all; and all that Israel desired of Sihon was only a passage through his land to that, promising the same as to the king of Edom; see the history of it in ( Numbers 21:21-35 ) .

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Jueces 11:19 In-Context

17 Entonces Israel envi贸 embajadores al rey de Edom, diciendo: Yo te ruego que me dejes pasar por tu tierra. Mas el rey de Edom no los escuch贸. Envi贸 tambi茅n al rey de Moab; el cual tampoco quiso: qued贸se por tanto Israel en Cades.
18 Despu茅s, yendo por el desierto, rode贸 la tierra de Edom y la tierra de Moab, y viniendo por el lado oriental de la tierra de Moab, asent贸 su campo de estotra parte de Arn贸n, y no entraron por el t茅rmino de Moab: porque Arn贸n t茅rmino es de Moab.
19 Y envi贸 Israel embajadores 谩 Seh贸n rey de los Amorrheos, rey de Hesb贸n, dici茅ndole: Ru茅gote que me dejes pasar por tu tierra hasta mi lugar.
20 Mas Seh贸n no se fi贸 de Israel para darle paso por su t茅rmino; antes juntando Seh贸n toda su gente, puso campo en Jaas, y pele贸 contra Israel.
21 Empero Jehov谩 el Dios de Israel entreg贸 谩 Seh贸n y 谩 todo su pueblo en mano de Israel, y venci贸los: y posey贸 Israel toda la tierra del Amorrheo que habitaba en aquel pa铆s.
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