Sihon

How Nave’s arranged it

• (King of the Amorites)
• His seat of government at HeshbonNumbers 21:26
• The proverbial chant celebrating the victory of Sihon over the MoabitesNumbers 21:26–30
• Conquest of his kingdom by the IsraelitesNumbers 21:21–25Deuteronomy 2:24–37Deuteronomy 3:2Deuteronomy 3:6Deuteronomy 3:8

The passages, in Bible order (6)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 6 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Numbers 21:21–25

   Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

   ›Commentary on Numbers 21:21–252 voices

   “Sent messengers - By God's allowance, that so Sihon's malice might be the more evident and inexcusable, and their title to his country more clear in the judgment of all men, as being gotten by a just war, into which they were forced for their own defense.

   “Israel sent messengers unto Sihon--The rejection of their respectful and pacific message was resented--Sihon was discomfited in battle--and Israel obtained by right of conquest the whole of the Amorite dominions.

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2. Numbers 21:26

   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.

   ›Commentary on Numbers 21:262 voices

   “Was the city of Sihon - This is added as a reason why Israel took possession of this land, because it was not now the land of the Moabites, but in the possession of the Amorites.

   “For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,....

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3. Deuteronomy 2:24–37

   “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 2:24–372 voices

   “Rise ye up . . . and pass over the river Arnon--At its mouth, this stream is eighty-two feet wide and four deep. It flows in a channel banked by perpendicular cliffs of sandstone.

   “Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon,....

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4. Deuteronomy 3:2

   But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:22 voices

   “The Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand--Og's gigantic appearance and the formidable array of forces he will bring to the field, need not discourage you; for, belonging to a doomed race, he is destined to share the fate of Sihon [Nu 21:25].

   “And the Lord said unto me,.... When Og was marching with all his forces against Israel: fear him not, &c; See Gill on Num 21:34.

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5. Deuteronomy 3:6

   We devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:62 voices

   “And we utterly destroyed them,.... Not the cities, but the inhabitants of them: as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon; they did not destroy his cities, for they took them and dwelt in them; but the people that lived there, as follows here: utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city; see Deu 2:34.

   “Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination.

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6. Deuteronomy 3:8

   At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 3:82 voices

   “Argob was the capital of a district in Bashan of the same name, which, together with other fifty-nine cities in the same province, were conspicuous for their lofty and fortified walls. It was a war of extermination.

   “And we took at that time out of the hands of the two kings of the Amorites,....

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