From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us:
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Gill's Exposition
From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river Arnon.... Upon the border of Moab, and the principal city of it; see Jer 48:19.
and from the city that is by the river; or even the city that is in the…
Barnes' Notes
Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon - Aroer stood on the north bank of the river, and was assigned Jos 13:9, Jos 13:16 to the tribe of Reuben, of which it formed the most southerly…
God having tried the self-denial of his people in forbidding them to meddle with the Moabites and Ammonites, and they having quietly passed by those rich countries, and, though superior in number, not…
Cambridge Bible
From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon The Naḥal "Arnon= Wâdy Môjeb, see above Deu 2:2. Edge, Heb. lip. -Arô-eris frequently given in the O.T. as a S. limit: e.g. of the territory…
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