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Heshbon
31.8008°N, 35.8091°E · Photo: Bashar Tabbah (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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In Scripture (37 references)
Numbers
Numbers 21:25 Israel took all these cities. Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all... Numbers 21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king o... Numbers 21:27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and esta... Numbers 21:28 for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The ... Numbers 21:30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which r... Numbers 21:34 Yahweh said to Moses, “Don’t fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people,... Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, Numbers 32:37 The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:4 after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan w... Deuteronomy 2:24 “Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your h... Deuteronomy 2:26 I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, sa... Deuteronomy 2:30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and ... Deuteronomy 3:2 Yahweh said to me, “Don’t fear him; for I have delivered him, with all his people, and his land, int... Deuteronomy 3:6 We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited ci... Deuteronomy 4:46 beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ... Deuteronomy 29:7 When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us...
Joshua
Joshua 9:10 and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of He... Joshua 12:2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the ... Joshua 12:5 and ruled in Mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and th... Joshua 13:10 and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the child... Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, Joshua 13:21 all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshb... Joshua 13:26 and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir; Joshua 13:27 and in the valley, Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon ki... Joshua 21:39 Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
Judges
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Isaiah 15:4 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab ... Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken dow... Isaiah 16:9 Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I will water you with my tea...
Jeremiah
Jeremiah 48:2 The praise of Moab is no more. In Heshbon they have devised evil against her: ‘Come! Let’s cut her o... Jeremiah 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have uttered their voice, from Zoar even... Jeremiah 48:45 “Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire has gone out of Heshb... Jeremiah 49:3 “Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah! Clothe yourself in sackcloth. La...
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