Numbers 21:25

New Living Translation

So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is as beautiful as an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the sparkling pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is as fine as the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus.

Isaiah 15:4

The people of Heshbon and Elealeh will cry out; their voices will be heard as far away as Jahaz! The bravest warriors of Moab will cry out in utter terror. They will be helpless with fear.

Jeremiah 48:2

No one will ever brag about Moab again, for in Heshbon there is a plot to destroy her. ‘Come,’ they say, ‘we will cut her off from being a nation.’ The town of Madmen, too, will be silenced; the sword will follow you there.

Jeremiah 48:34

“Instead, their awful cries of terror can be heard from Heshbon clear across to Elealeh and Jahaz; from Zoar all the way to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. Even the waters of Nimrim are dried up now.

Jeremiah 48:45

“The people flee as far as Heshbon but are unable to go on. For a fire comes from Heshbon, King Sihon’s ancient home, to devour the entire land with all its rebellious people.

Ezekiel 16:46

“Your older sister was Samaria, who lived with her daughters in the north. Your younger sister was Sodom, who lived with her daughters in the south.

Ezekiel 16:49

Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.

Ezekiel 16:53

“But someday I will restore the fortunes of Sodom and Samaria, and I will restore you, too.

Amos 2:10

It was I who rescued you from Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years, so you could possess the land of the Amorites.

Numbers 21:26

Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.

Numbers 21:31

So the people of Israel occupied the territory of the Amorites.

Numbers 32:3

“Notice the towns of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sibmah, Nebo, and Beon.

Deuteronomy 2:12

In earlier times the Horites had lived in Seir, but they were driven out and displaced by the descendants of Esau, just as Israel drove out the people of Canaan when the Lord gave Israel their land.)

Joshua 24:8

“Finally, I brought you into the land of the Amorites on the east side of the Jordan. They fought against you, but I destroyed them before you. I gave you victory over them, and you took possession of their land.

Judges 11:26

“Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?