Kommentar zu Schoftim 11:26

Adjoining [lit. by the hands of] Arnon. Near Arnon. These cities had belonged to Moav, but they recognized that they could not lay claim to them, since they were confiscated from Sichon, who had annexed them from the king of Moav.

Three centuries from the conquest of the land in the days of Yehoshua, until Yiftoch. This teaches us concerning the years of the Judges mentioned until now—whether the years of subjugation by the nations are included in the reckoning of the days of the Judge, or not.³The three hundred year total is only accurate if certain of the years of subjugation are included in the years of the judge, and certain years are not, as Rashi explains below. We learn in Seder Olam:⁴Ch. 12. Yehoshua directed Yisroel for twenty eight years—I am not aware of any Scriptural derivation for this. Asniel for forty years,⁵ the years of subjugation by Cushan Rishasaim are included.⁶Eight years. (3:8). Afterward, Ehud for eighty years,⁷ with the eighteen years of subjugation by Eglon⁸ included. This totals one hundred forty eight years. Devorah for forty years,⁹ with the years of subjugation by Yavin¹⁰Twenty years. (4:3.) included, totaling one hundred eighty eight years. Afterward, seven years of subjugation by Midyon,¹¹ forty years of Gidon,¹² and¹³ three of Avimelech, totaling two hundred thirty eight years. Afterward, twenty three years of Tola¹⁴ and twenty two of Yair,¹⁵ with one year overlapping both, and eighteen years of the Bnei Ammon¹⁶ until Yiftoch's appearance. This totals three hundred.