Numbers 21:27

New American Bible - revised edition

That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt, let Sihon’s city be firmly constructed.

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:1

Now that the wall had been rebuilt, I had the doors set up, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites were put in charge of them.

Isaiah 14:4

you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! how the turmoil has ended!

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, and make a riddle about him, saying: Ah! you who store up what is not yours —how long can it last!— you who load yourself down with collateral.

Numbers 21:14

Hence it is said in the “Book of the Wars of the Lord”: “Waheb in Suphah and the wadies,

Numbers 21:26

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon.

Numbers 21:28

For fire went forth from Heshbon and a blaze from the city of Sihon; It consumed Ar of Moab and swallowed up the high places of the Arnon.