John Trapp on Jeremiah 49:1

CHAP. XLIX.

Ver. 1. COncerning the Ammonites] Who are taxed in Scripture for their pride, petulancy, and contempt of Gods Iſrael, whom they had alwayes infeſted, and now groſsly injured, by encroaching upon part of their Countrey, which they had ſeized on, as if Iſrael had been heirleſſe, and themſelvys next akin, which was nothing ſo. See Zeph. 2.8.

Hath he no heir?] Yes, Judah and Benjamin not yet captivated.

Why then doth their King inherit Gad?] i. e. Gilead (Gad's portion beyond Jordan) becauſe it lyeth convenient for him. This, they would have done long before; viz. in Jephtha's dayes: but then it would not be. Afterwards, Saul and David ſubdued them; but in Jehoſaphats time they came again, together with the Moabites and the men of mount Seir, to make a diſturbance: but were defeated, 2 Chron. 20. Now, when thoſe Iſraelites beyond Jordan were carried away, and their land deſolated firſt by the Syrians, 2 King. 10.33. and afterwards by the Aſſyrians, 2 King. 15.29. then, in likelyhood, it was that the Ammonites thus invaded the Countrey, and laid it to their own (Confer Am. 1.13.) that they might dwell alone, in that part of the earth.