Numbers 21:30 meaning and explanation

But we have overthrown them; Heshbon is destroyed as far as Dibon. We demolished them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”

Numbers 21:30, Berean Standard Bible

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These lines come from an old song the Israelites quoted after defeating Sihon, king of the Amorites, whose capital was Heshbon. The "we" in the song is likely the Amorites themselves boasting of their earlier conquest of Moab, and Israel now applies that taunt to Sihon's own downfall.

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