After we finished building the wall and put the doors in the gates, we chose the men who would guard the gates and the men to sing in the Temple and help the priests.
Numbers 21:27 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version That is why the singers sing this song: “Go in and rebuild Heshbon! Make Sihon’s city strong. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That is why those who sing ballads say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established: Common English Bible Therefore, the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established. Catholic Public Domain Version About this, it is said in the proverb: "Enter into Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be established and built. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon. Let the city of Sehon be built and set up. |
After we finished building the wall and put the doors in the gates, we chose the men who would guard the gates and the men to sing in the Temple and help the priests.
At that time you will begin to sing this song about the king of Babylon: The king was cruel when he ruled us, but now his rule is finished.
But soon enough, all those people will laugh at him and tell stories about his defeat. They will laugh and say, ‘It’s too bad that the man who took so many things will not get to keep them! He made himself rich by collecting debts.’
That is why these words are written in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: “… and Waheb in Suphah, and the Valleys of the Arnon,
Heshbon was the city where Sihon, the Amorite king, lived. In the past Sihon had fought with the king of Moab. Sihon had taken the land as far as the Arnon River.
A fire began in Heshbon. That fire began in Sihon’s city. The fire destroyed Ar in Moab. It burned the hills above Arnon River.