And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
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Gill's Exposition
But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through, his coast,.... For fear they should seize upon his dominions, and retain them; and the more fearful he might be, as he knew that his people were one of…
Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deu 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with…
We have here the treaty between Jephthah, now judge of Israel, and the king of the Ammonites (who is not named), that the controversy between the two nations might, if possible, be accommodated…
Cambridge Bible
Again abbreviated from JE's narrative, Num 21:21-24, which is further expanded in Deu 2:26-37.
Sihon … the king of Heshbon So frequently, e.g. Num 21:26; Deu 2:24; Deu 2:26; Deu 2:30; Deu 3:6; Deu…
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