Numbers 21:24 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

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…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

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

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

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

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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 …