Numbers 21:26

New International Reader's Version

Sihon, the king of the Amorites, ruled in Heshbon. He had fought against an earlier king of Moab. Sihon had taken from him all his land all the way to the Arnon River.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is smooth and beautiful like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the towering mountains of Lebanon that face the city of Damascus.

Song of Solomon 7:5

Your head is like a crown on you. It is as beautiful as Mount Carmel. Your hair is as smooth as purple silk. I am captured by your flowing curls.

Jeremiah 48:2

Moab will not be praised anymore. In Heshbon people will plan its fall from power. They will say, ‘Come. Let’s put an end to that nation.’ City of Madmen, you too will be silent. My sword will hunt you down.

Jeremiah 48:20

Moab has been put to shame. It has been destroyed. Weep and cry out! Tell everyone Moab has been destroyed. Announce it by the Arnon River.

Jeremiah 48:45

“In the shadow of Heshbon those who are trying to escape stand helpless. A fire has blazed out from Heshbon. Flames have come out from Sihon’s city. It burns the foreheads of Moab’s people. It burns the skulls of those who brag loudly.

Numbers 21:25

The Israelites captured all the cities of the Amorites. Then they settled down in them. They captured the city of Heshbon. They also captured all the settlements around it.

Numbers 21:27

That’s why the poets say, “Come to Heshbon. Let it be built again. Let Sihon’s city be made as good as new.

Deuteronomy 1:4

They had already won the battle over Sihon. Sihon was the king of the Amorites. He had ruled in Heshbon. Israel had also won the battle over Og at Edrei. Og was the king of Bashan. He had ruled in Ashtaroth.

Joshua 13:16

Their territory starts at Aroer on the rim of the Arnon River valley. It includes the town in the middle of the valley. It includes all of the high plains near Medeba.

Joshua 13:17

It includes Heshbon and all its towns on those plains. Those towns include Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,

Joshua 13:25

Their territory includes Jazer and all the towns of Gilead. It includes half of the country of Ammon all the way to Aroer, which was near Rabbah.

Joshua 21:39

Heshbon and Jazer. The total number of these towns and their grasslands came to four.

Judges 11:26

For 300 years Israel has been living in Heshbon and Aroer. They have been living in the settlements around those cities. They have also been living in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why didn’t you take those places back during that time?