Numbers 21:28

For there is a fire gone out of Cheshbon, 1 a flame from the city of Sichon; 1 it hath consumed Ar of Moav, 1 and citizens of the heights of Arnon. 1

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In The King James Version

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 Cheshbon, 1 let the city of Sichon 1 be built and prepared; 1

29Woe to thee, Moav! 1 Thou art undone, O people of Kemosh; 1 he hath given his banim as fugitives, 1 and his banot, captives 1 unto Sichon Melech Emori. 1

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Cross References

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

Deuteronomy 2:9And Hashem said unto me, Harass not the Moavim, neither provoke them to milchamah for I will not give thee of their land for a yerushah; because I have given Ar unto the Bnei Lot for a yerushah.

Judges 9:15And the thornbush said unto the etzim (trees), If b'emes ye anoint me melech over you, then come and take refuge in my tzel (shade): and if not, let eish come out of the thornbush, and devour the cedars of the Levanon.

Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os 1 send among his fat ones leanness; 1 and instead of his kavod there will be kindled a burning 1 like the blazing of eish. 1

Jeremiah 48:45They that fled stood under the tzel (shadow) 1 of Cheshbon without ko'ach; 1 for an eish shall come forth out of Cheshbon, 1 and a flame from the midst of Sichon, 1 and shall devour the forehead of Moav, 1 and the crown of the head of the bnei sha'on (sons of tumult). 1

Amos 1:7But I will send an eish on the chomah (wall) of Azah (Gaza), 1 which shall devour the fortresses 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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