Nehemiah 9 · Verse 22

Nehemiah 9:22

Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Nehemiah 9:22, King James Version

Nehemiah 9:22 in other translations

BSBYou gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
WEBMoreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
ASVMoreover thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, which thou didst allot after their portions: so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
YLT‘And Thou givest to them kingdoms, and peoples, and dost apportion them to the corner, and they possess the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
DARBYAnd thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, and didst divide them by countries; and they possessed the land of Sihon, as well the land of the king of Heshbon, as the land of Og king of Bashan.
BBEAnd you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
WebsterMoreover, thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

What does Nehemiah 9:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Nehemiah 9:6-38

6-38. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone, &c.--In this solemn and impressive prayer, in which they make public confession of their sins, and deprecate the judgments due to the transgressions of their fathers, they begin with a profound adoration of God, whose supreme majesty and omnipotence is acknowledged in the creation, preservation, and government of all. Then they proceed to enumerate His mercies and distinguished…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 The land of Og king of Bashan - It is most evident that Sihon was king of Heshbon. How then can it be said that they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon? The words the land of the king of Heshbon are wanting in two of De Rossi's MSS. In another MS. the words and the land of are wanting; so that the clause is read, They possessed the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon. The Septuagint has the same reading; the Arabic nearly the same, viz., the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon. The Syriac has, They possessed the land of Sihon, the land of the Kings of Heshbon. The reading of the text is undoubtedly wrong; that supported by the MSS. and by the Septuagint is most likely to be the true one. Those of the Arabic and Syriac contain at least no contradictory sense. The and in the Hebrew and our version, distinguishes two lands and two kings; the land of Sihon and the land of the king of Heshbon: when it is most certain that only one land and one king can be meant: but the ו vau may be translated here as it often is, even: Even the land of the king of Heshbon.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 9:4-38

The summary of their prayers we have here upon record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do any thing in the way of duty, we are to serve and glorify God according to the utmost of it. When confessing our sins, it is good to notice the mercies of God, that we may be the more humbled and ashamed. The dealings of the Lord showed his goodness and long-suffering, and the hardness of their…

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Nehemiah 9:22 in the original Hebrew

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וַתִּתֵּ֨ןva.ti.Tenand you gaveH5414
לָהֶ֤םla.Hemto them
מַמְלָכוֹת֙mam.la.khOtkingdomsH4467
וַעֲמָמִ֔יםva.'a.ma.Mimand peoplesH5971
וַֽתַּחְלְקֵ֖םva.tach.le.Kemand you apportioned themH2505
לְפֵאָ֑הle.fe.'Ahto a cornerH6285
וַיִּֽירְשׁ֞וּvai.yi.re.Shuand they took possession ofH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אֶ֣רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
סִיח֗וֹןsi.ChonSihonH5511
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] land ofH776
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןchesh.BonHeshbonH2809
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retz[the] land ofH776
ע֥וֹגogOgH5747
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
הַבָּשָֽׁן\׃ha.ba.Shan<the> BashanH1316

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Cross references for Nehemiah 9:22

  • Numbers 21:21-35

    And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. …

  • Psalms 105:44

    And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

  • Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

  • Psalms 78:65

    Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

  • Deuteronomy 3:1-17

    Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. …

  • Psalms 135:10-12

    Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

  • Deuteronomy 2:26-36

    And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. …

  • Joshua 10:11

    And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth–horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

  • Psalms 136:17-22

    To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: …

  • Deuteronomy 32:26

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou.
Jos 10:11; Ps 78:65; 105:44
divide.
De 32:26; Jos 11:23
Sihon.
Nu 21:21-35; De 2:26-36; 3:1-17; Ps 135:10-12; 136:17-22

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Context

  • Nehemiah 9:21

    Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

  • Nehemiah 9:22

    Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

  • Nehemiah 9:23

    Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

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Nehemiah 9:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dísteles reinos y pueblos, y los distribuiste por cantones: y poseyeron la tierra de Sehón, y la tierra del rey de Hesbón, y la tierra de Og rey de Basán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu leur donnas des royaumes et des peuples, et tu les leur partageas par contrées, et ils prirent possession du pays de Sihon, du pays du roi de Hesbon, aussi bien que du pays d’Og, roi de Basan.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du gabst ihnen Königreiche und Völker und verteiltest ihnen dieselben nach Gegenden; und sie nahmen das Land Sihons in Besitz, sowohl das Land des Königs von Hesbon, als auch das Land Ogs, des Königs von Basan.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et dedisti eis regna, et populos, et partitus es eis sortes: et possederunt terram Sehon, et terram regis Hesebon, et terram Og regis Basan.