Numbers 21:29

Woe to you, Moab [From father]! 2 You are undone, people of Chemosh! 1 He has given his sons as fugitives, 2 and his daughters into captivity, 2 to Sihon king of the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers]. 1

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In The King James Version

Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

In Context

28for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, 2 a flame from the city of Sihon. 1 It has devoured Ar of Moab [From father], 2 The lords of the high places of the Arnon. 1

30We have shot at them. 2 Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. 1 We have laid waste even to Nophah, 2 Which reaches to Medeba.”

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Cross References

Isaiah 15:5My heart cries out for Moab [From father]! Her nobles flee to Zoar [Small], to Eglath Shelishiyah; for they go up by the ascent of Luhith with weeping; for on the way to Horonaim, they raise up a cry of destruction.

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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