Jabbok (now Wady Zerka: compare Genesis 32:22) runs eastward under Rabbah of the children of Ammon, then westward, and reaches the Jordan, 45 miles…

For the border of the children of Ammon was strong.— These words assign the reason why the conquests of the Amorites were…

And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword
Slew him and his army, entirely routed them, and got a complete vict…

Sihon went with his forces against Israel, from outside his own borders and without provocation, and so brought about his own ruin. The enemies of …