Study it in the app“The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in distress greatly.”
The sonsבְנֵיof Ammonעַמּוֹןcrossedוַיַּעַבְרוּthe Jordanאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןto fightלְהִלָּחֵםalsoגַּםagainst Judah,בִּיהוּדָהagainst Benjamin,וּבְבִנְיָמִיןand against the houseוּבְבֵיתof Ephraim,אֶפְרָיִםand Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵלwas in distressוַתֵּצֶרgreatly.מְאֹד
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearsAmmon
See it on the mapWhere else “amon” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appearsBenjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “vet” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbe distressed
To feel squeezed by fear or sorrow.
Where else “tetser” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears1Ammon
Today: Amman (Rabbah) and surroundings, Jordan
The land east of the Jordan around Rabbah (present-day Amman, Jordan).
The Ammonites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:38). Jephthah defeated them (Judg 11:32-33) and David took their capital (2 Sam 12:26).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
8They shattered and crushed the sons of Israel that year; eighteen years they did so to all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan, in the land of the Amorite, which is in Gilead.
9 · This verse (above)
10The sons of Israel cried out to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against you, because we have abandoned our Elohim and served the Baals.”
