Numbers 21:26

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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.

Cross References

Numbers 21:25

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.

Numbers 21:27

That is why the singers sing this song: “Go in and rebuild Heshbon! Make Sihon’s city strong.

Judges 11:26

The Israelites have lived in the city of Heshbon and the towns around it for 300 years. They have lived in the city of Aroer and the towns around it for 300 years. They have lived in all 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?

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon near the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon that looks toward Damascus.

Jeremiah 48:45

“People have run from the powerful enemy. They ran to safety in the town of Heshbon. But a fire started in Heshbon. That fire started in Sihon’s town, and it is destroying the leaders of Moab. It is destroying those proud people.

Deuteronomy 1:4

This was after he defeated Sihon and Og. (Sihon was the king of the Amorites and lived in Heshbon. Og was the king of Bashan and lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.)

Joshua 13:16

It was the land from Aroer near the Arnon Ravine to the town of Medeba. This included the whole plain and the town in the middle of the ravine.

Joshua 13:17

The land continued to Heshbon. It included all the towns on the plain. Those towns were Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

Joshua 13:25

He gave them the land of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of the Ammonites that went as far as Aroer near Rabbah.

Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head is like Carmel, and the hair on your head is like silk. Your long flowing hair captures even a king.

Jeremiah 48:2

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

Jeremiah 48:20

“Moab will be ruined and filled with shame. Moab will cry and cry. Announce at the Arnon River that Moab is destroyed.