639 - Kings were Defeated, East and West of the Jordan
Kings were Defeated, East and West of the Jordan These are the kings, east of the Jordan River, who had been killed, by the Israelites …and whose land was taken. Their territory extended, from the Arnon Gorge, to Mount Hermon …and included all the land, east of the Jordan Valley. King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a border, for the Ammonites. This territory included the southern half, of the territory of Gilead. Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley, and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee, to as far south as the Dead Sea, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth, and southward, to the slopes of Pisgah. King Og, of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei. He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah, in the north ...