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Josh. 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sihona king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

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Deut. 2:33,36• ³³And Jehovah our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
³⁶{i}From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah our God delivered all before us.{/i} (Deut. 2:33,36)

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Deut. 3:6,16‑17• ⁶{i}And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, men, women and little ones.{/i}
¹⁶{i}And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, the middle of the ravine and its border, as far as the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;{/i}
¹⁷{i}the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.{/i} (Deut. 3:6,16‑17)

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Ammon; Ammonites; Children of Ammon,

Amorite,

Arnon,

Aroer,

Gilead,

Heshbon,

Jabbok,

Kings,

River,

Sihon

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Sihon.

Num. 21:23‑30• ²³{i}But Sihon would not suffer Israel to go through his border; and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.{/i}
²⁴{i}And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.{/i}
²⁵{i}And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.{/i}
²⁶{i}For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.{/i}
²⁷{i}Therefore the poets say,{HR}Come to Heshbon;{HR}Let the city of Sihon be built and established.{HR}{/i}
²⁸{i}For there went forth fire from Heshbon,{HR}A flame from the city of Sihon;{HR}It consumed Ar of Moab,{HR}The lords of the high places of the Arnon.{HR}{/i}
²⁹{i}Woe to thee, Moab!{HR}Thou art undone, people of Chemosh:{HR}He gave his sons that had escaped,{HR}And his daughters into captivity{HR}To Sihon the king of the Amorites.{HR}{/i}
³⁰{i}And we have shot at them;{HR}Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon;{HR}And we have laid them waste even unto Nophah,{HR}Which reacheth unto Medeba.{/i} (Num. 21:23‑30)

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Deut. 2:24‑37• ²⁴Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
²⁵This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
²⁶And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace {i}saying{/i},
²⁷Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway; I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
²⁸Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet.
²⁹—as the children of Esau who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites who dwell in Ar, did to me, —until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.
³⁰But Sihon, king of Heshbon, would not let us pass by him: for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
³¹And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess that thou mayest inherit his land.
³²Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
³³And Jehovah our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.
³⁴{i}And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every city, men, and women, and little ones: we let none escape.{/i}
³⁵{i}Only the cattle we took as booty for ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.{/i}
³⁶{i}From Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the ravine even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: Jehovah our God delivered all before us.{/i}
³⁷{i}Only thou didst not approach the land of the children of Ammon, the whole border of the river Jabbok, nor the cities of the mountain, nor to whatsoever Jehovah our God had forbidden us.{/i} (Deut. 2:24‑37)

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Deut. 3:6‑17• ⁶{i}And we utterly destroyed them, as we had done to Sihon the king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city, men, women and little ones.{/i}
⁷{i}But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took as booty for ourselves.{/i}
⁸{i}And we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, that were on this side the Jordan, from the river Arnon to mount Hermon{/i}
⁹{i}(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir):{/i}
¹⁰{i}all the cities of the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, as far as Salchah and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.{/i}
¹¹{i}For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the residue of giants: behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? its length was nine cubits, and its breadth four cubits, after the cubit of a man.{/i}
¹²{i}And this land we took in possession at that time. From Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and the half of mount Gilead, and its cities, I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites;{/i}
¹³{i}and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob, even all Bashan, is called a land of giants.{/i}
¹⁴{i}Jair the son of Manasseh took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth-Jair, to this day.){/i}
¹⁵{i}And I gave Gilead to Machir.{/i}
¹⁶{i}And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon, the middle of the ravine and its border, as far as the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;{/i}
¹⁷{i}the plain also, and the Jordan, and its border from Chinnereth as far as the sea of the plain, the salt sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.{/i} (Deut. 3:6‑17)

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Neh. 9:22• ²²{i}And thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, and didst divide them by countries; and they possessed the land of Sihon, as well the land of the king of Heshbon, as the land of Og king of Bashan.{/i} (Neh. 9:22)

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Psa. 135:11• ¹¹(To) Sihon king of the Amorites,{HR}And (to) Og king of (the) Bashan,{HR}And (to) all the kingdom of Canaan; (Psa. 135:11)

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Psa. 136:19‑20• ¹⁹(To) Sihon, king of the Amorites;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever;
²⁰And (to) Og, the king of (the) Bashan;{HR}For his mercy [is] forever; (Psa. 136:19‑20)

Jabbok.

Gen. 32:22• ²²And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of Jabbok; (Gen. 32:22)

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Judg. 11:13,22• ¹³And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
²²And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok. {i}and from the wilderness unto the Jordan.{/i} (Judg. 11:13,22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the riverd Arnon, and from the middle of the ravined, and over half Gilead, as far as the riverd Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

JND Translation Notes

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So ch. 13.9,16. see Note, Deut. 2.36.

W. Kelly Translation

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Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the ravine, and over half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)