Numbers 21:26

for, as for Heshbon, the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, it was, he, having fought with the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, unto Arnon.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

In Context

25So Israel took all these cities,—and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her villages;

27For this cause, say the poets—Enter ye Heshbon,—Built and prepared be the city of Sihon;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 1:4after he had smitten Sihon, king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon,—and Og, king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, in Edrei:

Joshua 13:17Heshbon and all her cities which are on the table-land,—Dibon and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon;

Joshua 21:39Heshbon, with her pasture land, Jazer, with her pasture land,—in all, four cities.

Jeremiah 48:2No more, is the praise of Moab, In Heshbon, have they devised against her, calamity, Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation,—Even thou, Madmen also, shalt be silenced, After thee, shall march the sword.

Jeremiah 48:45In the shadow of Heshbon, stand strengthless, the fugitives,—For, a fire, hath gone forth out of Heshbon And shall flame out of the midst of Sihon, And shall devour the beard of Moab, And the crown of the head of the proudly tumultuous.

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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