Numbers 21:25
23 But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
24 And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
26 Heshbon 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.
27 That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
- KJV
- And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
- WEB
- Israel took all these cities. Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
- ASV
- And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
- DARBY
- And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.
- BLB
- And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
- ÅB
- Og Israel tok alle disse byer; og Israel bosatte seg i alle amorittenes byer, i Hesbon og alle byer som hørte under det.
- OTB
- Israel inntok alle amorittenes byer og bosatte seg i dem, inkludert Hesjbon og alle dens omkringliggende bosetninger.
- B1930
- Og Israel tok alle disse byer; og Israel bosatte sig i alle amorittenes byer, i Hesbon og alle byer som hørte under det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 2:12
The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
Read in contextEzekiel 16:53
But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:34
There 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.
Read in contextNumbers 21:31
So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 7:4
Your 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:2
There 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:45
“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.
Read in contextEzekiel 16:49
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
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