Numbers 21:28

For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, 1 A flame from the city of Sihon: 1 It hath consumed Ar of Moab, 1 And the lords of the high places of Arnon. 1

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For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

In Context

27Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, 1 Come into Heshbon, 1 Let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 1

29Woe to thee, Moab! 1 Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: 1 He hath given his sons that escaped, 1 And his daughters into captivity 1 Unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 21:15And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, 1 And lieth upon the border of Moab.

Deuteronomy 2:9And the Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

Judges 9:15And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, 1 Send among his fat ones leanness; 1 And under his glory he shall kindle a burning 1 Like the burning of a fire. 1

Jeremiah 48:45They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: 1 But a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, 1 And a flame from the midst of Sihon, 1 And shall devour the corner of Moab, 1 And the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. 1

Amos 1:7But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, 1 Which shall devour the palaces thereof: 1

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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