(A)Sihon king of the Amorites, that dwelt in Heshbon, having dominion from Aroer, which is beside the river of Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead unto the river of Jabbok, in the border of the children of Ammon.

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Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.(A)

He ruled from Aroer(B) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge—from the middle of the gorge—to the Jabbok River,(C) which is the border of the Ammonites.(D) This included half of Gilead.(E)

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11 As Sihon King of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:

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11 Sihon(A) king of the Amorites,(B)
    Og king of Bashan,(C)
    and all the kings of Canaan(D)

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Yet destroyed I the [a]Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above, and his root from beneath.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:9 The destruction of their enemies and his mercy toward them, should have caused their hearts to melt for love toward him.

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(A) before them,
    though they were tall(B) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(C)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(D) below.

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