26 After we had crossed the Arnon and had set up camp in the KedemothDesert, I sent messengers to King Sihonof Heshbon, telling him that his nation and ours could be at peace. I said:
27 Please let Israel go across your country. We will walk straight through, without turning off the road. 28,29 You can even sell us food and water, and we will pay with silver. We need to reach the Jordan Riverand cross it, because the Lordour God is giving us the land on the west side. The Edomites and Moabites2.28,29 Edomites and Moabites: Hebrew "descendants of Esau, who live in Seir and Moabites who live in Ar."have already let us cross their land. Please let us cross your land as well.
30,31 But Sihonrefused to let us go across his country, because the Lordmade him stubborn and eager to fight us. The Lordtold me, "I am going to help you defeat Sihonand take his land, so attack him!"
32 We met Sihonand his army in battle at Jahaz, 33 and the Lordour God helped us defeat them. We killed Sihon, his sons, and everyone else in his army. 34 Then we captured and destroyed every town in Sihon’s kingdom, killing everyone, 35 but keeping the livestock and everything else of value. 36 The Lordhelped us capture every town from the ArnonRiver gorge north to the boundary of Gilead, including the town of Aroeron the edge of the gorge and the town in the middle of the gorge.
37 However, we stayed away from all the Ammonitetowns, both in the hill country and near the Jabbok River, just as the Lordhad commanded.
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Sihon, king of the Amorites in Heshbon, refused to let Israel pass through his territory and was defeated in the battle of Jahaz (Numbers 21:23).
The Jordan is the river in the middle of which Joshua set up twelve stones, where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant had stood. The boundary of the land went down along the river to the Salt Sea (Joshua 4:9).
Jahaz is the place where Sihon fought against Israel after refusing to let Israel pass through his territory. It was also a city of the tribe of Reuben, beside Bezer (Numbers 21:23).
The Valley of the Arnon is the valley whose middle was the border of the region Israel took from the Amorites and gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad; Aroer stood on its rim (Deuteronomy 3:16).
Gilead is the land Moses gave to Machir of Manasseh and where Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had their own land. Jair, who led Israel, and Elijah came from there (Numbers 32:40).
Aroer was a city by the Arnon River, where the territory given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad began, extending to half the hill country of Gilead, with its towns (Deuteronomy 3:12).
Ammon is the land of the Ammonites, descendants of Ben-Ammi, with Rabbah as its capital. The Ammonites fought against Israel in the days of Jephthah, and Joab laid waste their land while David remained in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 20:1).
The Jabbok is a river whose ford Jacob crossed at night with his two wives, two female servants, and eleven sons. It was the border of the Ammonites, and Israel took over the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok (Numbers 21:24).