Joshua 9:10

8 “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”

9 “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,

and 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.

11 So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’

12 This bread of ours was warm when we packed it at home on the day we left to come to you. But take a look, it is now dry and moldy.

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
and 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.
KJV
And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
WEB
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
ASV
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
DARBY
and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon the king of Heshbon, and to Og the king of Bashan, who was at Ashtaroth.
BLB
and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorite who [were] beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan who [was] at Ashtaroth.
ÅB
og alt det han har gjort med begge amoritter-kongene østenfor Jordan, Sihon, kongen i Hesbon, og Og, kongen i Basan, som bodde i Astarot.
OTB
og alt det Han gjorde med de to kongene av amorittene bortenfor Jordan—Sihon, kongen av Hesjbon, og Og, kongen av Basan, som regjerte i Asjtarot.
B1930
og alt det han har gjort med begge amoritter-kongene østenfor Jordan, Sihon, kongen i Hesbon, og Og, kongen i Basan, som bodde i Astarot.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 1:4

    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.

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  • Joshua 12:4

    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

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  • Numbers 21:24–35

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 2:30–3:7

    But 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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:71

    The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.

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