Joshua 13:10

10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, and out to the border of the Ammonites.

Joshua 13:10 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:10

And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which
reigned in Heshbon
A city he took from the Moabites, and made it his royal seat, ( Numbers 21:26 ) :

unto the border of the children of Ammon;
which was the river Jabbok, ( Deuteronomy 3:16 ) .

Joshua 13:10 In-Context

8 The other half-tribe of Manasseh, with the Reubenites and Gadites, had been given their inheritance by Moses on the other side of the Jordan eastward. Moses the servant of God gave it to them.
9 This land extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon Gorge and the city in the middle of the valley, taking in the entire tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon,
10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, and out to the border of the Ammonites.
11 It also included Gilead, the country of the people of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah
12 - the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. He was one of the last survivors of the Rephaim. Moses had defeated them and taken their land.
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