Verse 26

Numbers 21:26

New King James Version

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26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּ֣י חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן עִ֗יר סִיחֹ֛ן מֶ֥לֶךְ הָ/אֱמֹרִ֖י הִ֑וא וְ/ה֣וּא נִלְחַ֗ם בְּ/מֶ֤לֶךְ מוֹאָב֙ הָֽ/רִאשׁ֔וֹן וַ/יִּקַּ֧ח אֶת כָּל אַרְצ֛/וֹ מִ/יָּד֖/וֹ עַד אַרְנֹֽן

English Translation

For Heshbon is the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites; and he fought against the king of Moab, the first, and took all his land from his hand to the Arnon.

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Chapter 21 Context

1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way o... Focus ↗

2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand... Focus ↗

3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly des... Focus ↗

4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the so... Focus ↗

5 And the people spake against God (Elohim), and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of... Focus ↗

6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israe... Focus ↗

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, a... Focus ↗

8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come t... Focus ↗

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent ha... Focus ↗

10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. Focus ↗

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, to... Focus ↗

12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. Focus ↗

13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that co... Focus ↗

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the bro... Focus ↗

15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of... Focus ↗

16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the pe... Focus ↗

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: Focus ↗

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, w... Focus ↗

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: Focus ↗

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh t... Focus ↗

21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, Focus ↗

22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not d... Focus ↗

23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people toge... Focus ↗

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even... Focus ↗

25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, an... Focus ↗

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king o...

27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and pre... Focus ↗

28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab... Focus ↗

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and hi... Focus ↗

30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nop... Focus ↗

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. Focus ↗

32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites tha... Focus ↗

33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, h... Focus ↗

34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his peop... Focus ↗

35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they p... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Numbers
Chapter: Chapter 21 (35 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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