Deu 1:28, 2:10-11, 3:11 | TSK | STEP | discouraged. Heb. melted. The people. walled.That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled. Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt to plunder except on horseback. The monastery on Mount Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things being taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a sufficient defence. we have seen.

Deuteronomy 1:28

discouraged. Heb. melted.

The people.

walled.That is, with very high walls, which could not be easily scaled. Harmer says, high walls are still to be seen in Arabia, and are deemed a sufficient defence against the Arabs, who scarcely ever attempt to plunder except on horseback. The monastery on Mount Sinai, and the convent of St. Anthony in Egypt, are surrounded with a very high wall, without gates; the persons and things being taken up and let down through an opening in the upper part, by means of a pulley and a basket. This kind of walling is a sufficient defence.

we have seen.

9:2; Jos 11:22; 15:14; Jud 1:10,20; 2Sa 21:16-22

Deuteronomy 2:10-11

All the nations here mentioned appear to have been the posterity of Ham, who lay under the prophetical curse of Noah, which was thus executed upon this part of them by the Moabites and Edomites.

11; Ge 14:5

as the Anakims.

1:28; 9:2; Nu 13:22,28,33

Deuteronomy 3:11

giants.

Ge 14:5

Rabbath.

2Sa 12:26; Jer 49:2; Eze 21:20; Am 1:14

Rabbah. nine cubits.

1Sa 17:4; Am 2:9