Study it in the app“For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and he had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.”
ForכִּיHeshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןwasהִואthe cityעִירof Sihonסִיחֹןkingמֶלֶךְof the Amorites,הָאֱמֹרִיand heוְהוּאhad foughtנִלְחַםagainstבְּthe formerהָרִאשׁוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof Moabמוֹאָבand takenוַיִּקַּחallאֶת כָּלhis landאַרְצוֹout of his hand,מִיָּדוֹas far asעַדthe Arnon.אַרְנֹן
Heshbon
Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.
Where else “cheshbon” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsSihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appearsformer
What already happened or existed before, in past times.
Where else “rishon” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsArnon
Arnon, a river east of the Jordan that marked the border of Moab. The name means "roaring stream."
Where else “arnon” appearsMoab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
25And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon and in all its villages.
26 · This verse (above)
27Therefore those who recite poems say, “Come to Heshbon; let it be built, and let the city of Sihon be established.
