Gen 50:10, Job 2:13, Psa 137:1, Jer 23:9, Hab 3:16 | TSK | STEP | the threshingfloor.This place was situated, according to Jerome, between the Jordan and the city of Jericho, two miles from the former, and three from the latter, where Bethagla was afterwards built. Procopius of Gaza states the same. As {aataad} signifies thorns, the place might have been remarkable for their production; though all the versions except the Arabic consider it as a proper name. As Moses wrote or revised his history on the east side of Jordan, the term beyond Jordan, in his five books, means westward of Jordan; but in other parts of Scripture it generally means eastward. beyond. seven days.

‏ Genesis 50:10

the threshingfloor.This place was situated, according to Jerome, between the Jordan and the city of Jericho, two miles from the former, and three from the latter, where Bethagla was afterwards built. Procopius of Gaza states the same. As {aataad} signifies thorns, the place might have been remarkable for their production; though all the versions except the Arabic consider it as a proper name. As Moses wrote or revised his history on the east side of Jordan, the term beyond Jordan, in his five books, means westward of Jordan; but in other parts of Scripture it generally means eastward.

beyond.

11; De 1:1

seven days.

4; Nu 19:11; De 34:8; 1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 1:17; Job 2:13; Ac 8:2

‏ Job 2:13

they sat.

Ezr 9:3; Ne 1:4; Isa 3:26; 47:1

seven days.

Ge 1:5,8; 50:10

none spake.

4:2; Ps 77:4

‏ Psalms 137:1

1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity.

7 The prophet curses Edom and Babel.

A.M. cir. 3463. B.C. cir. 541. (Title.)The author of this beautiful and affecting elegy is unknown, but the occasion is evident; and it was most probably composed during, or near the close of, the captivity.

the rivers.

Ge 2:10-14; Ezr 8:21,31; Eze 1:1

there sat.

Ne 1:3,4; 2:3; Job 2:12,13; Jer 13:17,18; 15:17; La 2:10; Eze 3:15

we wept.

42:4; 102:9-14; Isa 66:10; Jer 51:50,51; La 1:16; 2:11,18; 3:48,51

Da 9:3; 10:2,3; Lu 19:41; Re 11:3