Deuteronomy 1:4
2 ( There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)
3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
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:
5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount:
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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
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Read in contextJoshua 12:2–6
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:26–3:11
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Read in contextNehemiah 9:22
Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Read in contextJoshua 13:10–12
And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;
Read in contextPsalms 136:19–20
Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Read in contextPsalms 135:11
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
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