Heshbon
Bible Place · City
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About Heshbon
Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23-26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). After the Exile it was taken possession of by the Moabites (Isa. 15:4; Jer. 48:2, 34, 45). The ruins of this town are still seen about 20 miles east of Jordan from the north end of the Dead Sea. There are reservoirs in this district, which are probably the “fishpools” referred to in Cant. 7:4.
Description from Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain).
Where Heshbon appears in Scripture
- Numbers 21:25
- Numbers 21:26
- Numbers 21:27
- Numbers 21:28
- Numbers 21:30
- Numbers 21:34
- Numbers 32:3
- Numbers 32:37
- Deuteronomy 1:4
- Deuteronomy 2:24
- Deuteronomy 2:26
- Deuteronomy 2:30
- Deuteronomy 3:2
- Deuteronomy 3:6
- Deuteronomy 4:46
- Deuteronomy 29:7
- Joshua 9:10
- Joshua 12:2
- Joshua 12:5
- Joshua 13:10
- Joshua 13:17
- Joshua 13:21
- Joshua 13:26
- Joshua 13:27
- Joshua 21:39
- Judges 11:19
- Judges 11:26
- 1 Chronicles 6:81
- Nehemiah 9:22
- Song of Solomon 7:4
- Isaiah 15:4
- Isaiah 16:8
- Isaiah 16:9
- Jeremiah 48:2
- Jeremiah 48:34
- Jeremiah 48:45
- Jeremiah 49:3
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