They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
Parallel translations
- WEB They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
- KJV And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
- BSB seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
- NASB So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.
- NLT from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.
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Quick answer
Israel possessed all the Amorite territory from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan. The full extent of the conquered land is named.
Overview
Jephthah specifies the boundaries of the land taken from the Amorites, the very region Ammon now claims. By defining it precisely, he shows it was Amorite, not Ammonite, land. The argument rests Israel's title on the LORD's gift of land won from Sihon.
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- Deut 2:36From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. Yahweh our God delivered up all before us.
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