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Nu 21:24 Strong Concordance And Israel [03478] smote [05221] him with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719], and possessed [03423] his land [0776] from Arnon [0769] unto Jabbok [02999], even unto the children [01121] of Ammon [05983]: for the border [01366] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] was strong [05794].
  King James And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
from Arnon unto Jabbok--now the Zurka. These rivers formed the southern and northern boundaries of his usurped territory.

for the border of . . . Ammon was strong--a reason stated for Sihon not being able to push his invasion further.
 
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22 And he rose up [06965] that night [03915], and took [03947] his two [08147] wives [0802], and his two [08147] womenservants [08198], and his eleven [06240] [0259] sons [03206], and passed over [05674] the ford [04569] Jabbok [02999].
8 And we took [03947] at that time [06256] out [03947] of the hand [03027] of the two [08147] kings [04428] of the Amorites [0567] the land [0776] that was on this side [05676] Jordan [03383], from the river [05158] of Arnon [0769] unto mount [02022] Hermon [02768];