The Pulpit Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:19

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Over against the children of Ammon. As the Israelites were passing eastward of Moab; when they crossed the Arnon, the Ammonites, whose dwelling was in the wilderness east of the Jordan, would be almost in front of them.

The Israelites came over against them after they conquered Sihon (cf. Numbers 21:24).

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