"Standby the roadand keepwatch,O inhabitantof Aroer;Askhim who fleesand her who escapes[And] say,'Whathas happened?'
They crossedthe Jordanand campedin Aroer,on the rightsideof the citythat is in the middleof the valleyof Gadand towardJazer.
and Belathe sonof Azaz,the sonof Shema,the sonof Joel,wholivedin Aroer,even to Neboand Baal-meon.
The sonsof GadbuiltDibonand Atarothand Aroer,
"From Aroerwhichis on the edgeof the valleyof Arnonand [from] the citywhichis in the valley,even to Gilead,there was nocitythat was toohighfor us; the LORDour Goddeliveredalloverto us.
Sihonkingof the Amorites,who livedin Heshbon,[and] ruledfrom Aroer,whichis on the edgeof the valleyof the Arnon,both the middleof the valleyand halfof Gilead,even as faras the brookJabbok,the borderof the sonsof Ammon;
While Israellivedin Heshbonand its villages,and in Aroerand its villages,and in allthe citiesthat are on the banksof the Arnon,threehundredyears,whydid you not recoverthem within that time?
The mansaidto Eli,"I am the one who camefrom the battleline.Indeed, I escapedfrom the battlelinetoday."And he said,"Howdid thingsgo,my son?"
