Numbers 21:23-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz,(A) he fought against Israel. 24 Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok,(B) but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.[a][b]
25 Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its villages. 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore the poets[c] say:
Come to Heshbon, let it be rebuilt;
let the city of Sihon be restored.[d]
28 For fire came out of Heshbon,
a flame from the city of Sihon.
It consumed Ar of Moab,
the lords of[e] Arnon’s heights.
29 Woe to you, Moab!
You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh!(C)
He gave up his sons as refugees,
and his daughters into captivity
to Sihon the Amorite king.
30 We threw them down;
Heshbon has been destroyed as far as Dibon.[f](D)
We caused desolation as far as Nophah,
which reaches as far as Medeba.[g](E)
Footnotes
- Numbers 21:24 LXX reads was Jazer
- Numbers 21:24 Or was at Az
- Numbers 21:27 Lit ones who speak proverbs
- Numbers 21:27 Or firmly founded
- Numbers 21:28 LXX reads Moab, and swallowed
- Numbers 21:30 LXX reads Their seed will perish from Heshbon; Vg reads Their yoke has perished from Heshbon
- Numbers 21:30 LXX reads Dibon. And their women have further kindled a fire against Moab; Hb uncertain
Numbers 21:33-35
Holman Christian Standard Bible
33 Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan(A) came out against them with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.(B) 34 But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”(C) 35 So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left,[a] and they took possession of his land.(D)
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- Numbers 21:35 Lit left to him
Deuteronomy 2:32-34
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32 So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz. 33 The Lord our God handed him over to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and his whole army. 34 At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.
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Deuteronomy 3:1-3
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Defeat of Og of Bashan
3 “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan(A) came out against us with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.(B) 2 But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,(C) who lived in Heshbon.’ 3 So the Lord our God also handed over Og king of Bashan and his whole army to us. We struck him until there was no survivor left.
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Joshua 6:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 They completely destroyed(A) everything in the city with the sword—every man and woman, both young and old, and every ox, sheep, and donkey.
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