Numbers 21:23-26
21:25 a The area conquered at this time became home to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh (cp. ch 32 b).21:26 c King Sihon of the Amorites had taken the area north of the Arnon from the Moabites, who earlier controlled it. After Israel occupied this region for several hundred years, it was reclaimed by King Mesha of Moab (see 2 Kgs 3:4-27 d) through a campaign described in detail around 830 BC on the Mesha Inscription (also known as the Moabite Stone).
• Heshbon is usually identified with Tell Hesban, which has not yielded evidence of Late Bronze Age occupation; see study note on Num 21:1.
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