38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
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And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. …
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. …
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 30-38)Here is, I. The great trouble and distress that Lot was brought into after his deliverance, Gen. 19:30. 1. He was frightened out of Zoar, durst not dwell there; probably because he was conscious to himself that it was a refuge of his own choosing and that herein he had foolishly prescribed to God, and therefore he could not but distrust his safety in it; or because he found it as wicked as Sodom,…
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