Nehemiah 9:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Divide them into corners. — Strict usage of the term would require: Thou didst divide unto them [these nations] in their boundaries.

And the land. — There is a double reference to Sihon, king of Heshbon. This and Bashan were taken as the earnest of the possession of Canaan.

Nehemiah 9:22

22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.