Numbers 21:23
But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
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- Judg 11:20 : 20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
- Isa 15:4 : 4 The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab’s soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers.
- Jer 48:34 : 34 Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up.
- Num 20:21 : 21 So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
- Deut 2:30-32 : 30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the LORD our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day. 31 The LORD said to me,“Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.” 32 When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz,
- Deut 29:7-8 : 7 When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them. 8 Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh.
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- Judg 11:15-217 verses90%
15and said to him,“This is what Jephthah says,‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.
16When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
17Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying,“Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
18Then Israel went through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory(the Arnon was Moab’s border).
19Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him,“Please allow us to pass through your land to our land.”
20But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
21The LORD God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land.
- Deut 2:29-335 verses83%
29just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the LORD our God is giving us.”
30But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the LORD our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day.
31The LORD said to me,“Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.”
32When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz,
33the LORD our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons and everyone else.
- Num 21:21-222 verses82%
21The Victory over Sihon and Og Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
22“Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”
- Num 21:24-263 verses78%
24But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.
25So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon.
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24“Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!
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7When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.
- Josh 12:1-22 verses74%
1Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern rift valley:
2King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer(on the edge of the Arnon Valley)– including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead– all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
- Num 20:20-212 verses74%
20But he said,“You may not pass through.” Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force.
21So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him.
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10and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border.
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46in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.(It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.
- Deut 2:26-272 verses72%
26Defeat of Sihon, King of Heshbon Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth wilderness to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:
27“Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.
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11Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.
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4This took place after the defeat of King Sihon of the Amorites, whose capital was in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was in Ashtaroth, specifically in Edrei.
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27It included the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth.
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21It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba(they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory).
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11You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you.
- Num 21:33-342 verses70%
33Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces marched out against them to do battle at Edrei.
34And the LORD said to Moses,“Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand. You will do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
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18But Edom said to him,“You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword.”
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1Defeat of King Og of Bashan Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei.
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10and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan– King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth.