Friends & Foes:
Borders of other Nations
Canaanites
Gn 10:19
The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you go toward Gerar, to
Gaza; as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, to Lasha.
Ammon/Ammonites
Nm 21:24
Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the
Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the
children of Ammon was strong.
Dt 3:16
To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the valley of
the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border of it, even to the
river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Jsh 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is
on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half
Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
Moab
Nm 21:13
From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is
in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the
Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
Nm 22:36
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of
Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the
border.
Dt 2:18
“You are this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:
Jdg 11:18
Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the
land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped
on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn’t come within the border of
Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
Amorites
Nm 21:13,23,24
13 From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which
is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the
Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
23 Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon
gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the
wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.
24 Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from
the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of
the children of Ammon was strong.
Jsh 12:2
Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is
on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the middle of the valley, and half
Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;
Jdg 1:36
The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock,
and upward.
Egypt
Gn 47:21
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of
Egypt even to the other end of it.
1Kg 4:21
Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the
Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served
Solomon all the days of his life.
2Ch 9:26
He ruled over all the kings from the River even to the land of the Philistines,
and to the border of Egypt.
Is 19:19
In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt,
and a pillar to Yahweh at its border.
Edom
Nm 20:14,16
14 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Thus
says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us:
16 and when we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and
brought us forth out of Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the
uttermost of your border.
Nm 33:37
They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land
of Edom.
Nm 34:3
then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side
of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea
eastward;
Jsh 15:1,21
1 The lot for the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families was
to the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the
uttermost part of the south.
21 The farthest cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the
border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,
1Kg 9:26
King Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion Geber, which is beside Eloth, on
the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.