What the Bible says about
Heshbon
11 references · Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · tap any verse for study tools
“Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.”— Numbers 21:25-35 BSB
“This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.”— Deuteronomy 1:4 BSB
“And from the tribe of Gad they were given Ramoth in Gilead, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Mahanaim,”— Joshua 21:38 BSB
“Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.”— Song of Solomon 7:4 BSB
“For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.”— Isaiah 16:8 BSB
“There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.”— Jeremiah 48:2 BSB