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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 21:26

Heshbon—the city of Sihon— Heshbon was the capital city of the Amorites, and their king's seat; and Sihon is thought to be the name common to all the kings of the Amorites, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt: so that the meaning is, that one of the kings of the Amorites made an inroad into the Kingdom of the Moabites, and took from them Heshbon, &c. Moses here remarks, that when the Israelites conquered those lands, they were not in the possession of the Moabites, but of the Amorites; and, consequently, that their title to them was good, notwithstanding the prohibition (Deuteronomy 9:19.) against meddling with the lands of the Moabites and Ammonites.

This precaution appears to have been very necessary; for we find that a contest arose afterwards, on this very head, between the Israelites and the Ammonites, Judges 11:13. THE former king of Moab, should rather be rendered a former king of Moab; for it is not certain that it was that king of Moab who reigned immediately before Sihon.

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See also Numbers 21:26 in other biblical comments:

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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