The historian, having recounted the preliminary events, now comes to the culminating event that is the subject of his narrative. On one particular …

Then. —Rather, and, a general note of time.

Were gathered together. —Literally, were cried tog…

Then the children of Ammon were gathered together
By a crier, as Jarchi; they had passed over Jordan, as in ([Refere…

God is able to multiply people's punishments according to the number of their sins and idols. But there is hope when sinners cry to the Lord for he…