Numbers 21:13

21:13 From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions ¹  of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Numbers 21:24

21:24 But the Israelites ²  defeated him in battle ³  and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.

Deuteronomy 2:24

2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, ⁴  and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!

Jude 1:18

1:18 For they said to you, “In the end time there will come ⁵  scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires.” ⁶ 

Isaiah 16:2

16:2 At the fords of the Arnon ⁷ 

the Moabite women are like a bird

that flies about when forced from its nest. ⁸ 

¹ tn Or “border.”

² tn The Hebrew text has “Israel,” but the verb is plural.

³ tn Heb “with the edge of the sword.”

⁴ sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.

⁵ tn Grk “be.”

⁶ tn Grk “going according to their own desires of ungodliness.”

⁷ tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

⁸ tn Heb “like a bird fleeing, thrust away [from] a nest, the daughters of Moab are [at] the fords of Arnon.”