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He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
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A Decisive Victory
The text emphasizes a "very great slaughter" and the capture of "twenty cities." Commentators note that the phrase "were subdued" is used elsewhere in Judges to signify a complete and decisive victory, ending the Ammonite oppression for that time.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As in the conflicts with the Moabites, Canaanites, and Midianites (Judges 3); (Judges 4); (Judges 7), the battl…
19th Century
Anglican
To Minnith. — According to Eusebius and Jerome, this is Maanith, four miles from Heshbon (Ezekiel 27:17).
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he smote them from Aroer A city which lay near the river Arnon, on the borders of Moab, ([Reference Deuteronomy …
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