Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 11:18
Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon [was] the border of Moab.
18. compassed the land of Edom ] Num 21:4 b; cf. Deu 2:1.
on the other side of Arnon ] Clearly the country north of the Arnon, viewed from the march from the south; cf. Num 21:13.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Then they went along the wilderness,…. The wilderness of Paran, which lay along the borders of Edom; they went, according to Jarchi, from the west to the east on the south border of Edom and Moab:
and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab; all the south of the land of Edom, and all the south of the land of Moab; towards the sunrising, as in Nu 21:11
and pitched on the other side of Arnon; the river Arnon, which, according to Jarchi, was at the east end of the land of Moab, where began the country of Sihon and Og:
but came not within the border of Moab; so far were they from attempting to take away any part of that land from the king of it, though ill treated by him:
for Arnon was the border of Moab; which divided between Moab and the Amorites, Nu 21:13.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
“ Then they walked through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they pitched on the other side of Arnon. But they did not come within the border of Moab, for Arnon was the border of Moab.”
Israel, he pointed out, had carefully avoided Moabite territory. Rather than appropriating it they had left it alone. Thus they had treated Moab more than fairly. Why then were Ammon and Moab now attacking them?
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 11:18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon [was] the border of Moab.
Ver. 18. Then they went along through the wilderness. ] This was the naked truth of things. And truth, like our first parents, is most amiable when most naked.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Went along = went on.
but came not. Compare Num 21:13, Num 21:24.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
went: Num 20:22, Num 21:10-13, Num 33:37-44, Deu 2:1-8
compassed: Num 21:4-9
came by: Num 21:11
pitched: Num 21:13, Num 22:36
Reciprocal: Num 20:21 – wherefore Deu 2:8 – And when Deu 2:24 – the river Arnon Deu 2:29 – As the children Jos 12:1 – from the Isa 16:2 – the fords Jer 48:20 – Arnon Zec 1:20 – four