Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
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Gill's Exposition
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,.... Which he took from the Moabites, and made his capital city, Num 21:26,
and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river of Arnon; a…
All the plain on the east - i. e. the Arabah or depressed tract along the east bank of Jordan, the modern El-Ghor (see Num 22:1). Jos 12:2 From the middle of the river - i. e. as appears from Jos…
Adam Clarke
From Aroer - Aroer was situated on the western side of the river Arnon, in the middle of the valley through which this river takes its course. The kingdom of Sihon extended from the river Arnon and…
Joshua, or whoever else is the historian before he comes to sum up the new conquests Israel had made, in these verses receives their former conquests in Moses's time, under whom they became masters of…
Cambridge Bible
Sihon king of the Amorites See Num 21:24; Deu 2:33; Deu 3:6; Deu 3:16.
who dwelt in Heshbon On the western border of the high plain (Mishor, Jos 13:17), and on the boundary line between the tribes of…
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