Quotes About Heshbon

Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.

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.

That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt; let the city of Sihon be restored.

For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnonís heights.

The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,

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.

while 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.

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,

and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the Ammonites;

to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,

all 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.

the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;

and 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).

Heshbon, and Jazer—four cities in all, together with their pasturelands.

And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ëPlease let us pass through your land into our own place.í

For 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?

Heshbon, and Jazer, together with their pasturelands.

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.

There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ëCome, let us cut her off from nationhood.í You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.

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.

“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbonís 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.