Verses 10-12
10-12. Smote… nations From the judgments of Egypt, the writer passes over the desert life of the Israelites, and proceeds to narrate the conquest of the land east of Jordan.
Sihon king of the Amorites The Amorites had conquered the territory from Arnon to Jabbok from the Moabites and Ammonites long before Moses. See Numbers 12:21-31. The latter nations reasserted their title afterward, but failed to maintain it. Judges 10:11.
Og king of Bashan Numbers 21:32-35; Deuteronomy 3:0. His kingdom embraced all the land north of the Jabbok.
The kingdoms of Canaan All the land west of the Jordan. See notes on Psalms 136:17-21
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