Joshua 12:2

God's Word

Sihon was the Amorite king who lived in Heshbon. His rule extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley to the Jabbok River, which is the border of Ammon. This included the middle of the valley and half of Gilead.

Cross References

Genesis 32:22

During that night he got up and gathered his two wives, his two slaves and his eleven children and crossed at the shallow part of the Jabbok River.

1 Chronicles 5:8

and Bela (son of Azaz, grandson of Shema, and great-grandson of Joel). Reuben’s descendants lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.

Nehemiah 9:22

You gave kingdoms and nations to the Israelites and assigned them their boundaries. So they took possession of the land of Sihon, the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of King Og of Bashan.

Psalm 135:11

King Sihon of the Amorites, King Og of Bashan, and all the kingdoms in Canaan.

Jeremiah 48:19

Stand by the road in Aroer, and watch. Ask those who are fleeing and those who are escaping what is happening.

Deuteronomy 1:4

This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and  in Edrei.

Judges 11:13

The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the people of Israel left Egypt, they took my land. It stretched from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and the Jordan River. Now give it back peacefully.”

Judges 11:22

Israel took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and from the desert to the Jordan River.