Numbers 21:26

God's Word

Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had fought the former king of Moab and had taken all his land up to the Arnon Valley.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like pools in Heshbon, pools by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like a Lebanese tower facing Damascus.

Song of Solomon 7:5

You hold your head as high as Mount Carmel. Your dangling curls are royal beauty. Your flowing locks could hold a king captive.

Jeremiah 48:2

People will no longer praise Moab. The people in Heshbon will plan Moab’s destruction. “Let’s destroy that nation!” You will be silenced, city of Madmen. Death will come after you.

Jeremiah 48:20

They will answer, ‘Moab is disgraced; it is defeated. Shout loudly, and cry. Tell the news in Arnon that Moab is destroyed.’

Jeremiah 48:45

“Those who flee will stand exhausted in the shadow of Heshbon. A fire will come out of Heshbon and a flame from Sihon. It will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab and the skulls of those noisy people.

Numbers 21:25

Israel took all those Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages, and lived in them.

Numbers 21:27

This is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon! Rebuild it! Restore Sihon’s city!

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.

Joshua 13:16

Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, including the city in the middle of the valley and the whole plateau near Medeba.

Joshua 13:17

It included Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

Joshua 13:25

Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammon as far as Aroer, which is by Rabbah.

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon, and Jazer.

Judges 11:26

Israel has now lived in Heshbon, Aroer, all their villages, and in all the cities along the Arnon River for 300 years. Why didn’t you recapture these cities during that time?