Deuteronomy 1:4
2 It is an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea by way of Mount Seir.
3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them.
This 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.
5 On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
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.
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- BSB
- This 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.
- KJV
- After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
- WEB
- after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
- ASV
- after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
- DARBY
- after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth [and] at Edrei.
- BLB
- after he had killed Sihon king of the Amorite, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.
- ÅB
- etter at han hadde slått Sihon, amorittenes konge, som bodde i Hesbon, og ved Edre'i hadde slått Og, kongen i Basan, som bodde i Astarot.
- OTB
- etter at han hadde beseiret Sihon, amorittenes konge, som bodde i Hesjbon, og Og, kongen av Basan, som bodde i Astarot og Edrei.
- B1930
- efterat han hadde slått Sihon, amorittenes konge, som bodde i Hesbon, og ved Edre'i hadde slått Og, kongen i Basan, som bodde i Astarot.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 21:21–35
Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Read in contextJoshua 12:2–6
Sihon 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,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:26–3:11
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
Read in contextNehemiah 9:22
You 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.
Read in contextJoshua 13:10–12
and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;
Read in contextPsalms 136:19–20
Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.
Read in contextPsalms 135:11
Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
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