Numbers 21:27

New English Translation

That is why those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established!

Cross References

Nehemiah 7:1

When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed,

Isaiah 14:4

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

Habakkuk 2:6

“But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: ‘The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) – he who gets rich by extortion!’

Numbers 21:14

This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, “Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon

Numbers 21:26

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

Numbers 21:28

For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon.