into Ammon. But don't start a war with the Ammonites. I gave them their land, and I won't give any of it to Israel.”
Joshua 13:10 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition and took in the towns that had belonged to Sihon, the Amorite king of Heshbon. Some of these towns were as far east as the Ammonite border. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; American Standard Version (1901) and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; Common English Bible It included all the cities of the Amorites’ King Sihon, who ruled in Heshbon, as far as the Ammonite border. Catholic Public Domain Version and all the cities of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, even to the borders of the sons of Ammon; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the cities of Sehon, king of the Amorrhites, who reigned in Hesebon, unto the borders of the children of Ammon. |
into Ammon. But don't start a war with the Ammonites. I gave them their land, and I won't give any of it to Israel.”
Geshur and Maacah were part of this region, and so was the whole territory that King Og had ruled, that is, Gilead, Mount Hermon, and all of Bashan as far east as Salecah. Og had lived in Ashtaroth part of each year, and he had lived in Edrei the rest of the year. Og had been one of the last of the Rephaim, but Moses had defeated Sihon and Og and their people and had forced them to leave their land.
This region stretched north from the town in the middle of the Arnon River valley, and included the town of Aroer on the northern edge of the valley. It covered the flatlands of Medeba north of Dibon,