And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon. The sacred historian having particularized a few af the more prominent towns, includes all the other cities within the territory assigned to the tribe of Reuben in a general statement, that it comprised the whole kingdom of Sihon, so far as it extended over the plain (see the note at Joshua 13:27) toward the Gilead hills.
With the princes of Midian, Evi ... - (see the note at Numbers 21:4.) These were native princes, who, on the subjugation of the Emim by Sihon, were invested by that conqueror with his delegated authority over their respective tribes.
Which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country, х nªciykeey (H5257)] - anointed ones. 'A more satisfactory proof than this could not have been given, short of an express declaration, to the effect that the political jurisdiction of the Emim had extended to the land of Midian; that the capital of this ancient race, Heshbon, was the central seat of their government; that, by establishing himself in their metropolis, Sihon the Amorite became, according to the usage of conquerors, lord over all their dependencies, and they must either serve and obey him as tributaries or flee; that all the provinces of the Emim had by right of conquest become his provinces, and their chiefs his subordinates or vassals' (Corbaux; also Kurtz, vol. 3:, pp. 394, 395; also Hengstenberg's 'Balaam,' p. 363), and shared in the fate (Numbers 31:8) of their liege lord, with whom they had joined in opposing the Israelites.