and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;
Parallel translations
- KJV And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
- BSB and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
- NKJV all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the children of Ammon;
- NASB and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon;
- NLT It also included all the towns of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had reigned in Heshbon, and extended as far as the borders of Ammon.
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Quick answer
The inheritance included all the cities of Sihon the Amorite king, who had reigned in Heshbon, up to the Ammonite border.
Overview
The land taken from Sihon is here assigned to the eastern tribes. God had marked the Ammonite border as a limit Israel was not to cross (Deuteronomy 2:19), showing His sovereignty over the boundaries of all nations. The inheritance was exactly what God ordained, no more and no less.
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- Num 21:24–26Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
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