Numbers 21:25

Easy To Read Version

Israel took all the Amorite cities and began living in them. They even defeated the city of Heshbon and all the small towns around it.

Cross References

Isaiah 15:4

People in the cities Heshbon and Elealeh\par are crying very loudly.\par You can hear their voices far away\par in the city Jahaz.\par Even the soldiers are scared.\par The soldiers are shaking from fear.\par

Jeremiah 48:2

Moab will not be praised again.\par Men in Heshbon will plan Moab’s defeat.\par They will say,\par ‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’\par Madmenah, you will also be silenced.\par The sword will chase you.\par

Jeremiah 48:34

“The people of the towns of Heshbon and Elealeh are crying. Their cry is heard even as far away as the town of Jahaz. Their cry is heard from the town of Zoar, as far away as the towns of Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried.

Jeremiah 48:45

“People have run from the powerful enemy.\par They ran to safety in the town Heshbon.\par \{But there was no safety.\}\par A fire started in Heshbon.\par That fire started in Sihon’s town {\cf2\super [391]} \par And it is destroying the leaders of Moab.\par It is destroying those proud people.\par

Ezekiel 16:46

Your older sister was Samaria. She lived to the north of you with her daughters (towns). And your younger sister was Sodom. {\cf2\super [130]} She lived to the south of you with her daughters (towns).

Ezekiel 16:49

\{God said,\} “Your sister Sodom and her daughters were proud, they had too much to eat, and too much time on their hands. And they did not help poor, helpless people.

Ezekiel 16:53

\{God said,\} “I destroyed Sodom and the towns around it. And I destroyed Samaria around it. And \{Jerusalem,\} I will destroy you. But I will build those cities again. And \{Jerusalem,\} I will build you again too.

Amos 2:10

“I was the One who brought you from the land of Egypt. For 40 years I led you through the desert. I helped you take the Amorites’ land.

Numbers 21:26

Heshbon was the city where Sihon, the Amorite king, lived. In the past, Sihon had fought with the king of Moab. Sihon had taken the land as far as the Arnon River.

Numbers 21:31

So the people of Israel made their camp in the land of the Amorite people.

Deuteronomy 2:12

The Horite people also lived in Seir before, but Esau’s people took their land. Esau’s people destroyed the Horites and settled on their land. That is the same thing the people of Israel did to the people in the land that the Lord gave them for their own.)

Joshua 24:8

Then I brought you to the land of the Amorite people. This was east of the Jordan River. Those people fought against you, but I allowed you to defeat them. I gave you the power to destroy those people. Then you took control of that land.

Judges 11:26

The people of Israel have lived in the city of Heshbon and the towns around it for 300 years. The people of Israel have lived in the city of Aroer and the towns around it for 300 years. The people of Israel have lived in all of the cities along the side of the Arnon River for 300 years. Why have you not tried to take these cities in all that time?