Numbers 21:26

Modern English Version

Because Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, to Arnon.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:4

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

Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and your flowing locks are like royal purple; a king is held captive by your tresses.

Jeremiah 48:2

There is no more praise for Moab; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: “Come and let us cut it off from being a nation!” Also you will be cut down, O Madmen. The sword will pursue you.

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab has been humiliated, for it has been broken down. Howl and cry out. Tell it in Arnon, that Moab has been devastated.

Jeremiah 48:45

The fugitives stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire will come out of Heshbon and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and will devour the forehead of Moab and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

Numbers 21:25

Israel took all these cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.

Numbers 21:27

Therefore they that speak in proverbs say: “Come into Heshbon; let it be built, and let the city of Sihon be established,

Deuteronomy 1:4

It was after he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived at Ashtaroth in Edrei.

Joshua 13:16

Their territory was from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley, the city in the middle of the valley, all the plain of Medeba,

Joshua 13:17

Heshbon and all its towns in the plain: Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

Joshua 13:25

Their territory was Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of the Ammonite land as far as Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon, and Jazer, together with the grazing lands of each: four cities in all.

Judges 11:26

Israel has lived in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the banks of the River Arnon for three hundred years. Why did you not take them back during that time?