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and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
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The Politics of Conquest
This verse reveals a key political detail: the five Midianite princes were not independent kings but vassals under Sihon, the Amorite king. Commentators explain that Israel's subsequent war against Midian (in Numbers 31) was necessary to fully secure the territory, as they were part of Sihon's government structure. This wasn't a separate, unprovoked conflict but a completion of the initial conquest.
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Joshua
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The writer adds to the command of God (Joshua 13:1–7) a statement that the other two and a half tribes had already had their inheritanc…
19th Century
Anglican
DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORY DISTRIBUTED BY MOSES ON THE EAST OF JORDAN
(Joshua 13:15–33).
Reuben.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the cities of the plain In the champaign country, as well as those in the mountainous part:
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