28<\/strong>. For a fire<\/em> went<\/strong> out<\/em> from<\/strong> Heshbon it<\/em> devoured<\/strong> &c.] The Amorites in the past gained possession of Heshbon, and from thence sent forth destruction upon the other towns of Moab. See Jer 48:45<\/span> f. where the passage is quoted.<\/p>\n A fire, <\/B>i.e. the fury of war, which is oft and fitly compared to fire here, as Isa 47:14<\/span>; Amo 1:7<\/span>,10<\/span>,12<\/span>,14<\/span>; 2:2<\/span>,5<\/span>; <\/P> Heshbon; <\/B>that city which before was a refuge and defence to all the country, now is turned into a great annoyance and a public mischief. <\/P> Ar of Moab.<\/B> <\/P> Quest.<\/B> How can this be, since Ar was yet in the hands of the Moabites, Deu 2:9<\/span>,18<\/span>,29<\/span>? <\/P> Answ.<\/B> 1. This may be understood not of the city Ar<\/I>, but of the people or the country subject or belonging to that great and royal city, as the Chaldee understands it. <\/P> 2. Possibly Ar<\/I> was taken by Sihon of the Moabites, but afterwards was either recovered by the Moabites, or upon the Israelites approach quitted by Sihon, gathering all his forces together that he might fight with the Israelites, and so repossessed by the Moabites. <\/P> 3. This place may be thus rendered, It shall consume Ar of Moab<\/I>, the past tense being put for the future, as is usual in prophetical passages; and so this may be the Amorites prediction or presage, that having taken Heshbon and its territories, they should now extend their victories to <\/P> Ar of Moab, <\/B>though they fell short of that hope, as ordinarily men do. <\/P> The lords of the high places; <\/B>either, <\/P> 1. The princes or governors of the strong holds, which were frequently in high places, especially in that mountainous country, and which were in divers parts all along the river of Arnon; and having taken some of these, they promised to themselves that they should take all the rest, and so proceed further and further, till they had taken Ar<\/I> itself. Or rather, <\/P> 2. The priests and people that worshipped their god in their high places; which may seem more probable, <\/P> 1. Because as the Israelites worshipped God, so the heathens worshipped Baal, in high places, Num 22:41<\/span>, and particularly the Moabites are noted for so doing, Jer 48:35<\/span>. <\/P> 2. Because amongst the eminent places of Moab there is mention of Bamoth-baal, or, of the high places of Baal<\/I>, Jos 13:17<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon<\/strong>,…. Not before, but after Sihon had subdued it, as Jarchi observes; and is to be understood of his soldiers going out from thence, and making desolations in the adjacent parts, like a strong fire, and the fierce flames of it there is no resisting; and so the Jerusalem Targum,<\/p>\n “for a people mighty, and burning like fire, are gone out of Heshbon:”<\/p>\n see Am 1:4<\/span>: a flame from the city of Sihon: which is the same thing in other words, the city of Sihon being Heshbon, and a flame the same with fire; warriors, as both the Targums of Oakelos and Jerusalem interpret it; this seems to be what those composers undertook in their poetical way to foretell would be the case in future times; concluding, from the conquests already made, that they would be extended much further, and that no opposition could hinder:<\/p>\n it hath consumed Ar of Moab<\/strong>; the metropolis of the country of Moab, that is, they were as sure of it, and endeavoured to make the people by these their compositions as confident of it, that this city would fall into the hands of their armies, and be destroyed, as if it was already done; otherwise it does not appear that it ever was taken out of the hands of the Moabites, until taken by the Assyrians or Chaldeans; of this city [See comments on Isa 15:1]<\/span><\/p>\n and the lords of the high places of Arnon<\/strong>; who had the government of the high, strong, and fortified places all along the river Arnon; these it is suggested would be conquered by the Amorites; all the three Targums interpret it of the priests and worshippers in the temples, and at the altars of the idols in Arnon; and it may be rendered, “the Baals of the high places of Arnon”, as if the gods of those places should fall into the victors’ hands; and which seems to have some confirmation from what follows; and it may be observed, that in these parts there were some places called Bamoth Baal, or the high places of Baal, see<\/p>\n Nu 22:41<\/span>, and Beth Baal Meon, which has its name from its being the temple and habitation of Baal, Jos 13:17<\/span>.<\/p>\n 28<\/strong>. <\/strong> Ar <\/strong> See Num 21:15<\/span>, note. The high places of Arnon <\/strong> are mentioned as the limits to which Sihon had carried his victorious supremacy. The lords <\/strong> are the Moabites.<\/p>\n Num 21:28<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> The poet here rises into raptures, and prophesies the conquest of the whole country by the desolating army of Sihon marching out of Heshbon: for by fire <\/em>is meant desolating<\/em> war, <\/em>to which it is most fitly compared: so in Jdg 9:20<\/span>. Isa 29:6<\/span>. Amo 1:4<\/span>. & seq.; and the same comparison is used by other authors. <\/p>\n Quis Trojae nesciat urbem, Et tanti incendia belli.<\/em> VIRGIL. <\/p>\n The poet goes on, It hath consumed Ar of Moab, <\/em>speaking of it, in a poetical enthusiasm, as present to his view, and already accomplished, though it never came to pass; for Ar remained in possession of Moab in Moses’s time, Deu 18:22<\/span>. This city was situated on the south side of the river Arnon, and became the capital of Moab, otherwise called Rabbah, <\/em>or Rabbah-Mobah, i.e.<\/em> the great city of Moab. <\/em>It is thought to be the same as had the name of Areopolis <\/em>in latter ages; see Bochart’s Preface to his Phaleg. What we render high places, <\/em>in the next clause of the verse, some take to be the name of a city or village; namely, Bamoth, <\/em>mentioned Num 21:19<\/span> as situate in the country of Moab. According to our version, the clause signifies, the princes of Moab, who dwelt in the strongest forts of their country, lying <\/em>on the river Arnon. The Arabic understands it of the Gods <\/em>of those high places. <\/p>\n the lords. Hebrew. Baalim. <\/p>\n high places. Compare Num 22:41 and Jer 48:35. <\/p>\n a fire: Jdg 9:20, Isa 10:16, Jer 48:45, Jer 48:46, Amo 1:4, Amo 1:7, Amo 1:10, Amo 1:12, Amo 1:14, Amo 2:2, Amo 2:5 <\/p>\n Ar of Moab: Num 21:15, Deu 2:9, Deu 2:18, Isa 15:1, Isa 15:2 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 32:3 – Heshbon Jos 13:16 – General Jdg 9:15 – let fire<\/p>\n Num 21:28. A fire The fury of war, which is fitly compared to fire. Out of Heshbon That city which before was a refuge and defence to all the country, now is turned into a great annoyance. It hath consumed Ar <\/p>\n This may be understood not of the city Ar, but of the people or the country subject or belonging to that great and royal city. The lords of the high places The princes or governors of the strong holds, which were frequently in high places, especially in that mountainous country, and which were in divers parts all along the river Arnon. So the Amorites triumphed over the vanquished Moabites. But the triumphing of the wicked is short!<\/p>\n 21:28 For there is a {l} fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon.<\/p>\n (l) Meaning, wane.<\/p>\n For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, [and] the lords of the high places of Arnon. 28. 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