Numbers 21:30
But we have defeated Sihon and those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon in the north to Dibon city in the south. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba towns.”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
31So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived.
Cross References
Numbers 32:3“We have a great amount of livestock.
Joshua 13:9Their land extended from Aroer town at the Arnon River gorge to the town in the middle of the gorge. It included the whole plain from Medeba town south to Dibon town.
2 Samuel 11:24Then their archers shot arrows at us from the top of the city wall. They killed some of your officers. They killed your officer Uriah, too.”
Isaiah 15:2The people of Dibon, your capital city, will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to their shrines on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba towns in the south; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards to show that they are grieving.
Jeremiah 48:18You people of Dibon city, stop being proud because of being honored, and sit in the dust/dirt, because those who will destroy other places in Moab will attack your city and destroy your high walls.
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 →