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by Sihon when he dispo e ed the After Sihon was conquered the land pa ed Fuller elsewhere adds: “We must not forget that after the tribe of Gad was carried away captive by Tiglath-pileser, the Ammonites seized on and dwelt in the cities For which reason so many of them are set down our map. This caused the complaint of the prophet: ‘Hath Israel no sons? Hath he no heir? Why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities?’ (Jer. 49. 1).” Perhaps, however, Milton merely had in mind the (P. 461.) usual, but incorrect, representation of the Ammonites as near the head of the Arnon. of that tribe. in this ch265.xhtml s 274