²⁴ Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(A) but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.^[a]

² King Sihon of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer^(A) on the rim of the River Arnon, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the River Jabbok (the border of the Ammonites^(B)),