Numbers 21:26 meaning and explanation
Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land as far as the Arnon.
Numbers 21:26, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse pauses the travel narrative to explain the history behind a city Israel had just captured. Heshbon belonged to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had earlier defeated the former king of Moab and seized his land as far as the Arnon River.
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