Numbers 21:26

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as [the river] Arnon.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple. [Then seeing the king watching the girl in absorbed admiration, the speaker added] The king is held captive by its tresses.

Jeremiah 48:2

The glory of Moab is no more; in Heshbon [a border town between Reuben and Gad, east of the Jordan River] they planned evil against her, saying, Come, let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O [town of] Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you.

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab is put to shame, for she is broken down. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon that Moab is laid waste (destroyed).

Jeremiah 48:45

In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand powerless (stopped in their tracks, helpless and without strength), for a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the midst of Sihon; it has destroyed the corner of Moab and the crowns of the heads of the ones in tumult [the proud Moabites].

Numbers 21:25

And Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its towns.

Numbers 21:27

That is why those who sing ballads say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established.

Deuteronomy 1:4

After He had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth [and] Edrei.

Joshua 13:16

Their territory was from Aroer on the edge of the Valley of the [river] Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba;

Joshua 13:17

With Heshbon and all its cities which are on the plain; Dibon, Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,

Joshua 13:25

Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer east of Rabbah;

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon, and Jazer; four cities in all, each with its pasturelands (suburbs).

Judges 11:26

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon for 300 years, why did you not recover [your lost lands] during that time?