The Defeat of King Sihon

Deuteronomy 2

²⁶ "So I sent messengers from the wilderness of _p Kedemoth to Sihon the king of _m Heshbon, _q with words of peace, saying, ²⁷ _r 'Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left. ²⁸ _s You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot, ²⁹ _t as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving to us.' ³⁰ But _u Sihon the king of _m Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God _v hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day. ³¹ And the Lord said to me, 'Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.' ³² Then _w Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. ³³ And _x the Lord our God gave him over to us, and _y we defeated him and his sons and all his people. ³⁴ And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction ₁ every _z city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵ Only the livestock we took as spoil for ourselves, with the plunder of the cities that we captured. ³⁶ _a From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from _b the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was not a city too high for us. _c The Lord our God gave all into our hands. ³⁷ Only to the land of the sons of Ammon you did not draw near, that is, to all the banks of the river _d Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, whatever the Lord our God had forbidden us.

1. Cross References
   Joshua 13:18
   And Jahaz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
   1 Chronicles 6:79
   Kedemoth with its pasturelands, and Mephaath with its pasturelands.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 2:24
   Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.
   
3. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 20:10
   When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.
   
4. Cross References
   Numbers 21:21 - 22
   Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying.
   Judges 11:19
   Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, 'Please let us pass through your land to our country.
   
5. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 2:6
   You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink.
   Numbers 20:19
   And the people of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.
   
6. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 2:5
   Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession.
   Deuteronomy 2:9
   And the Lord said to me, 'Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.
   Deuteronomy 23:3 - 4
   No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the Lord. Even to the tenth generation, none of them may enter the assembly of the Lord forever.
   Numbers 20:18
   But Edom said to him, "You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.
   Judges 11:17 - 18
   Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
   
7. Cross References
   Numbers 21:23
   But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
   
8. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 2:24
   Rise up, set out on your journey and go over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession, and contend with him in battle.
   
9. Cross References
   Exodus 4:21
   And the Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go.
   
10. Cross References
    Numbers 21:23 - 30
    But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
    
11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:2
    And when the Lord your God gives them over to you, and you defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. You shall make no covenant with them and show no mercy to them.
    
12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:7
    And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them.
    
13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:6
    And we devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children.
    
14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:12
    When we took possession of this land at that ti...
    Deuteronomy 4:48
    From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley ...
    Joshua 12:2
    Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon...
    Joshua 13:9
    From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley ...
    Joshua 13:16
    So their territory was from Aroer, which is on ...
    2 Kings 10:33
    From the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilea...
    
15. Cross References
    Joshua 13:9
    From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon.
    Joshua 13:16
    So their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba.
    2 Samuel 24:5
    They crossed the Jordan and began from Aroer, and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer.
    
16. Cross References
    Psalms 44:3
    For not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
    
17. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:16
    And to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites.
    Genesis 32:22
    The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.
    Numbers 21:24
    And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.
    Joshua 12:2
    Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead.
    Judges 11:22
    And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.