Numbers 21:27

So the makers of wise sayings say, Come to Heshbon, building up the town of Sihon and making it strong:

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In The King James Version

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

In Context

26For Heshbon was the town of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had made war against an earlier king of Moab and taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.

28For a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the town of Sihon: for the destruction of Ar in Moab, and the lords of the high places of the Arnon.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:4That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;

Matthew Henry on Numbers 21:22-35

Sihon and Og Overthrown. ( b. c. 1452.) 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against… Read the whole commentary →

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