Arnon

P. L. 1. 399. (See also Seon’s Realm, Moab.) A river flowing westward into the central part of the Dead Sea. It is represented in Numbers 21. as the northern boundary of Moab. The Moabites had formerly occupied land north of it, but had been driven out by Sihon (Numbers 21. 24). According to recent geography, the river is so far away from the country of the Ammonites that it is impo ible to see why Milton made it one of their limits. But according to the maps of his time the pa age is clear, for they represent Arnon as rising near “Rabba” (g. v.), and flowing southwest into the northeast corner of the Dead Sea, apparently by confusion with other streams. Fuller writes: “The rivers of Arnon and Jabbok, though running contrary ways, arise not far asunder, according to the exact observation of Joseph us, who saith that the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, lay in nature and fashion like an island, betwixt the three rivers of Jordan, Arnon, and Jabbok, so near are the fountains of the latter together. bound... Arnon is notoriously known ch030.xhtml c 46