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There was Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer which lay on the banks of the Arnon River. The middle of the river up to the Jabbok River formed the boundary with the Ammonites. This included half of Gilead. He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of Arabah (the Salt Sea), the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward below the slopes of the Pisgah. There was also Og, the king of Bashan and its territory. He was the last of the Rephaim,[a] and he lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei,

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  1. Joshua 12:4 Rephaim: a legendary people to whom imposing monuments were attributed.