24 Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok,(A) but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.[a]

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  1. 21:24 LXX reads because the Ammonite border was Jazer

24 Israel, however, put him to the sword(A) and took over his land(B) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,(C) but only as far as the Ammonites,(D) because their border was fortified.

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King Sihon of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer(A) on the rim of the Arnon River, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites(B)),

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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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