Topic
Mount of the Amorites
9 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 1:20Easton · ISBE
And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.
- Genesis 15:16ISBE
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
- Numbers 13:29ISBE
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
- Deuteronomy 1:7ISBE
Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the…
- Deuteronomy 1:19Easton
¶ And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:24ISBE
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
- Joshua 10:6ISBE
¶ And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us.
- Joshua 24:8ISBE
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
- Joshua 24:18ISBE
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
The range of hills which rises abruptly in the wilderness of et-Tih (“the wandering”), mentioned Deut. 1:19, 20, “that great and terrible wilderness.”
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
("Hill-country of the Amorites" (De 1:7,20,24; compare Nu 13:29; Jos 10:6, etc.)): The region intended is that afterward known as the hill country of Judah and Ephraim, but sometimes "Amorites" is used as a general designation for all the inhabitants of Canaan (Ge 15:16; Jos 24:8,18, etc.).
See AMORITES.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.