John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 25:9

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, &c.] Or, “the shoulder of Moab”f399; that part of their country where their greatest strength lay, So the Targum renders it, “the strength of Moab;” where their principal cities were, their frontier towns, and fortified places, as appears by what follows: from his cities which are on his frontiers; or, “from his Ars”f400, from his cities which are at his end; at the extreme part of the land, upon the borders of his countries; the two cities of Ar and Aroer, (<042128>Numbers 21:28 <050236>Deuteronomy 2:36): the glory of the country; as the above cities were, and what follow: Bethjeshimoth; this was formerly in the tribe of Reuben, now in the possession of the Moabites, and one of their principal cities, (<061320>Joshua 13:20): Baalmeon; the same with Bethbaalmeon, and which was also of the tribe of Reuben, (<061317>Joshua 13:17 <043238>Numbers 32:38), in Jerom’s time it was a large village in Moab, about nine miles from Heshbon: some think by Meon is meant Menes, or Osiris the god of the Egyptians, and so this might be a temple of his; or at least he might have a temple in it, from whence it had its name: and Kirjathaim; or the double city, built also by the Reubenites, (<043237>Numbers 32:37 <061319>Joshua 13:19), now in the hands of the Moabites, ten miles from Medeba; on this side of the country of Moab, and through these cities, the Lord threatens to open a way for their enemies to enter in and destroy them, as follows:

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