Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:24
Judges 11:24. Wilt not thou possess, &c. He does not call Chemosh a god; but only argues from the opinion that they had of him, which was such as all nations entertained of their gods, namely, that they owed their conquests to them: to whom, therefore, they gave thanks for all their victories. The Ammonites and Moabites got their land by conquest of the old inhabitants, whom they cast out; and their success, though given them by the true God, for Lot’s sake, Deuteronomy 2:9; Deuteronomy... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Judges 11:23
Judges 11:23. So now the Lord, &c. God, the sovereign Lord of all lands, hath given us this land; this he adds, as a further and convincing reason; because otherwise it might have been alleged against the former argument, that they could gain no more right to that land from Sihon, than Sihon himself had. And shouldest thou possess it? It was absurd to think that they should take pains to conquer it, and God should give it to them, only that they might reinstate the Moabites or... read more