§ Heshbon = "stronghold" the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, located on the western border of the high plain and on the border line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad
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chesh.bon · Heshbon · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Numbers 21:25 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןIsrael captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.Numbers 21:26 · חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןHeshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.Numbers 21:27 · חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןThat is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.Numbers 21:28 · מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןFor a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.Numbers 21:30 · חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןBut we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”Numbers 21:34 · בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”Numbers 32:3 · וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,Numbers 32:37 · חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןThe Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,Deuteronomy 1:4 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןThis was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.Deuteronomy 2:24 · חֶשְׁבּ֧וֹן“Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.Deuteronomy 2:26 · חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןSo from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,Deuteronomy 2:30 · חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןBut Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as is the case this day.Deuteronomy 3:2 · בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”Deuteronomy 3:6 · חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןWe devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.Deuteronomy 4:46 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןwhile they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.Deuteronomy 29:7 · חֶ֠שְׁבּוֹןWhen you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.Joshua 9:10 · חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןand all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.Joshua 12:2 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןSihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,Joshua 12:5 · חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן׃He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.Joshua 13:10 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןand all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;Joshua 13:17 · חֶשְׁבּ֥וֹןto Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,Joshua 13:21 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןall the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.Joshua 13:26 · וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹןthe territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;Joshua 13:27 · חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןand in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).Joshua 21:39 · חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.Judges 11:19 · חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹןAnd Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’Judges 11:26 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹןFor three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?1 Chronicles 6:81 · חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.Nehemiah 9:22 · חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹןYou gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.Song of Solomon 7:4 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןYour neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.Isaiah 15:4 · חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.Isaiah 16:8 · חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹןFor the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.Isaiah 16:9 · חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןSo I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.Jeremiah 48:2 · בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹןThere is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.Jeremiah 48:34 · חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןThere is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.Jeremiah 48:45 · חֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן · מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.Jeremiah 49:3 · חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹןWail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.