Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 1:1
Deuteronomy 1:1. These be the words which Moses spake In the last encampment of the Israelites, which was in the plains of Moab, there being now but two months before the death of Moses, and their passage into the land of Canaan. Moses spent this last part of his time in laying before them an account of their travels, and of the many singular providences, mercies, and judgments which had attended them; in repeating and enlarging upon the several laws which God had prescribed for their civil... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 1:4
Astaroth - On this place compare Genesis 14:5 and note.In Edrei - These words should, to render the sense clear, come next after “slain.” The battle in which Sihon and Og were defeated took place at Edrei. read more