Numeri 21:24

24 Israel aber schlug ihn mit der Schärfe des Schwerts und nahm sein Land ein vom Arnon an bis an den Jabbok und bis an die Kinder Ammon; denn die Grenzen der Kinder Ammon waren fest.

Numeri 21:24 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:24

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword
Slew him and his army, entirely routed them, and got a complete victory over them; God giving them up into their hands, who otherwise were a very strong, powerful, and warlike people; see ( Amos 2:9 )

and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok;
two rivers, the one to the south, the other to the north of his country; the one was the boundary of his country between him and the Moabites, the other the boundary of his country between him and the Ammonites, as it follows:

even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of
Ammon was strong;
which is given as a reason why the Israelites proceeded no further in their conquest; there was another reason for that, which was the order of the Lord not to distress the Ammonites, nor meddle with them; though Jarchi makes this prohibition to be their strength, ( Deuteronomy 2:19 ) , but this is given as a reason why Sihon could not extend his conquests further, because it was so well fortified, either by nature or art, or both, by the river Jabbok, by mountains and frontier towns, and particularly by Rabbah, as the Targum of Jonathan suggests, which was their royal city in later times, and a very strong place; see ( 2 Samuel 12:26 ) .

Numeri 21:24 In-Context

22 Laß mich durch dein Land ziehen. Wir wollen nicht weichen in die Äcker noch in die Weingärten, wollen auch Brunnenwasser nicht trinken; die Landstraße wollen wir ziehen, bis wir durch deine Grenze kommen.
23 Aber Sihon gestattete den Kindern Israel nicht den Zug durch sein Gebiet, sondern sammelte all sein Volk und zog aus, Israel entgegen in die Wüste; und als er gen Jahza kam, stritt er wider Israel.
24 Israel aber schlug ihn mit der Schärfe des Schwerts und nahm sein Land ein vom Arnon an bis an den Jabbok und bis an die Kinder Ammon; denn die Grenzen der Kinder Ammon waren fest.
25 Also nahm Israel alle diese Städte und wohnte in allen Städten der Amoriter, zu Hesbon und in allen seinen Ortschaften.
26 Denn Hesbon war die Stadt Sihons, des Königs der Amoriter, und er hatte zuvor mit dem König der Moabiter gestritten und ihm all sein Land abgewonnen bis zum Arnon.
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