King Sihon Defeated
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Then v Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
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w "Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into fields or vineyards; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the King's Highway until we have passed through your territory."
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x But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel in the wilderness, y and he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
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Then z Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified.
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So Israel took all these cities, and Israel a dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its villages.
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For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon.
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Therefore those who speak in proverbs say:
"Come to Heshbon, let it be built;
Let the city of Sihon be repaired.
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"For b fire went out from Heshbon,
A flame from the city of Sihon;
It consumed c Ar of Moab,
The lords of the d heights of the Arnon.
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Woe to you, e Moab!
You have perished, O people of f Chemosh!
He has given his g sons as fugitives,
And his h daughters into captivity,
To Sihon king of the Amorites.
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"But we have shot at them;
Heshbon has perished i as far as Dibon.
Then we laid waste as far as Nophah,
Which reaches to j Medeba."
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Numbers 32:33
So Moses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.
Deuteronomy 2:26 - 37
And I sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying.
Judges 11:19
'Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, "Please let us pass through your land into our place."
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Numbers 20:16
When we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent the Angel and brought us up out of Egypt; now here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your border.
Numbers 20:17
'Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through fields or vineyards, nor will we drink water from wells; we will go along the King's Highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.'"
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Deuteronomy 29:7
And when you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we conquered them.
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Deuteronomy 2:32
Then Sihon and all his people came out against us to fight at Jahaz.
Judges 11:20
But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together, encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
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Deuteronomy 2:33
And the LORD our God delivered him over to us; ...
Joshua 12:1
These are the kings of the land whom the childr...
Nehemiah 9:22
Moreover You gave them kingdoms and nations, An...
Psalms 135:10
He defeated many nations And slew mighty kings -
Psalms 136:19
Sihon king of the Amorites, For His mercy endur...
Amos 2:9
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before t...
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Amos 2:10
Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.
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Jeremiah 48:45
Those who fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon Because of exhaustion. But a fire shall come out of Heshbon, A flame from the midst of Sihon, And shall devour the brow of Moab, The crown of the head of the sons of tumult.
Jeremiah 48:46
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish; For your sons have been taken captive, And your daughters captive.
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Deuteronomy 2:9
"Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.'"
Deuteronomy 2:18
This day you are to cross over at Ar, the boundary of Moab.
Isaiah 15:1
The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed.
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Numbers 22:41
So it was, the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, that from there he might observe the extent of the people.
Numbers 33:52
Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places.
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Jeremiah 48:46
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh perish; For your sons have been taken captive, And your daughters captive.
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Judges 11:24
Will you not possess whatever Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God takes possession of before us, we will possess.
1 Kings 11:33
Because they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David.
2 Kings 23:13
Then the king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, which were on the south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the people of Ammon.
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Isaiah 15:2
He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.
Isaiah 15:5
My heart will cry out for Moab; His fugitives shall flee to Zoar, Like a three-year-old heifer. For by the Ascent of Luhith They will go up with weeping; For in the way of Horonaim They will raise up a cry of destruction.
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Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be as a wandering bird thrown out of the nest; So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon.
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Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon.
Numbers 32:34
And the children of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer.
Jeremiah 48:18
O daughter inhabiting Dibon, Come down from your glory, And sit in thirst; For the plunderer of Moab has come against you, He has destroyed your strongholds.
Jeremiah 48:22
On Dibon and Nebo and Beth Diblathaim.
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Isaiah 15:2
He has gone up to the temple and Dibon, To the high places to weep. Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba; On all their heads will be baldness, And every beard cut off.
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