And taken all his land ... — that is, the land between the Arnon and the Jabbok, as it is explained in the last clause of the verse.

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon (Numbers 21:26). It is for good reason that Moses relates how the country near Heshbon had f…

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites , &c.] His royal city, where he kept his palace, where he had …

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 …