Bible Cross References
And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
Joshua 13:10
It went as far as the border of Ammon and included all the cities that had been ruled by the Amorite king Sihon, who had ruled at Heshbon.
Numbers 21:21-35
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Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say:
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"Let us pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road and go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from your wells; we will stay on the main road until we are out of your territory."
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But Sihon would not permit the people of Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered his army and went out to Jahaz in the wilderness and attacked the Israelites.
24
But the Israelites killed many of the enemy in battle and occupied their land from the Arnon River north to the Jabbok, that is, to the Ammonites, because the Ammonite border was strongly defended.
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So the people of Israel captured all the Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all the surrounding towns, and settled in them.
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Heshbon was the capital city of the Amorite king Sihon, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had captured all his land as far as the Arnon River.
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That is why the poets sing, "Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city! We want to see it rebuilt and restored.
28
Once from this city of Heshbon Sihon's army went forth like a fire; It destroyed the city of Ar in Moab And devoured the hills of the upper Arnon.
29
How terrible for you, people of Moab! You worshipers of Chemosh are brought to ruin! Your god let the men become refugees, And the women became captives of the Amorite king.
30
But now their descendants are destroyed, All the way from Heshbon to Dibon, From Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba."
31
So the people of Israel settled in the territory of the Amorites,
32
and Moses sent men to find the best way to attack the city of Jazer. The Israelites captured it and its surrounding towns and drove out the Amorites living there.
33
Then the Israelites turned and took the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan marched out with his army to attack them at Edrei.
34
The LORD said to Moses, "Do not be afraid of him. I will give you victory over him, all his people, and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled at Heshbon."
35
So the Israelites killed Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors, and then they occupied his land.
Deuteronomy 2:32-37
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Sihon came out with all his men to fight us near the town of Jahaz,
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but the LORD our God put him in our power, and we killed him, his sons, and all his men.
34
At the same time we captured and destroyed every town, and put everyone to death, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.
35
We took the livestock and plundered the towns.
36
The LORD our God let us capture all the towns from Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and the city in the middle of that valley, all the way to Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.
37
But we did not go near the territory of the Ammonites or to the banks of the Jabbok River or to the towns of the hill country or to any other place where the LORD our God had commanded us not to go.
Deuteronomy 3:1-7
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"Next, we moved north toward the region of Bashan, and King Og came out with all his men to fight us near the town of Edrei.
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But the LORD said to me, 'Don't be afraid of him. I am going to give him, his men, and all his territory to you. Do the same thing to him that you did to Sihon the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon.'
3
"So the LORD also placed King Og and his people in our power, and we slaughtered them all.
4
At the same time we captured all his towns---there was not one that we did not take. In all we captured sixty towns---the whole region of Argob, where King Og of Bashan ruled.
5
All these towns were fortified with high walls, gates, and bars to lock the gates, and there were also many villages without walls.
6
We destroyed all the towns and put to death all the men, women, and children, just as we did in the towns that belonged to King Sihon of Heshbon.
7
We took the livestock and plundered the towns.
Nehemiah 9:22
"You let them conquer nations and kingdoms, lands that bordered their own. They conquered the land of Heshbon, where Sihon ruled, and the land of Bashan, where Og was king.
Psalm 135:10
He destroyed many nations and killed powerful kings:
Psalm 135:11
Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, and all the kings in Canaan.
Psalm 136:17-22
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He killed powerful kings; his love is eternal;
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he killed famous kings; his love is eternal;
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Sihon, king of the Amorites; his love is eternal;
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and Og, king of Bashan; his love is eternal.
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He gave their lands to his people; his love is eternal;
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he gave them to Israel, his servant; his love is eternal.