Deuteronomy 1:4
This happened after he defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and then at Edrei after he defeated Og king of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth.
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Numbers 21:21Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with the following request:
Numbers 21:26Heshbon was the capital of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the previous king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon River.
Deuteronomy 3:1We set off and went up the road towards Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, and his whole army came out to fight us at Edrei.
Joshua 12:4King Og of Bashan, one of the last of the Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei,
Nehemiah 9:22You gave them kingdoms and nations; you assigned their borders. They took control of the land of Sihon, king of Heshbon, and of Og, king of Bashan.
Psalms 136:19Sihon, king of the Amorites. For his trustworthy love lasts forever.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 1:2-9
Deuteronomy This book is a repetition of very much both of the history and of the laws contained in the three foregoing books, which repetition Moses delivered to Israel (both by word of mouth, that it might affect, and by writing, that it might abide) a little before his death. There is no new history in it but that of the death of Moses in the last chapter, nor any new revelation to Moses, for aught that appears, and therefore the style here is not, as before, The Lord spoke unto Moses, saying. But the former… Read the whole commentary →