Deuteronomy 2:26

Defeat of Sihon, King of Heshbon

2:26 Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth ¹  Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

Deuteronomy 1:4

1:4 This took place after the defeat ²  of King Sihon ³  of the Amorites, whose capital was ⁴  in Heshbon, ⁵  and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was ⁶  in Ashtaroth, ⁷  specifically in Edrei. ⁸ 

Deuteronomy 3:6

3:6 We put all of these under divine judgment ⁹  just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon – every occupied city, ¹⁰  including women and children.

Deuteronomy 29:7

29:7 When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them.

Deuteronomy 2:24

2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, ¹¹  and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!

Deuteronomy 2:30

2:30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our ¹²  God had made him obstinate ¹³  and stubborn ¹⁴  so that he might deliver him over to you ¹⁵  this very day.

Deuteronomy 3:2

3:2 The Lord, however, said to me, “Don’t be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, ¹⁶  and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon.”

Deuteronomy 4:46

4:46 in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt.

[2:26]  ¹ sn Kedemoth. This is probably Aleiyan, about 8 mi (13 km) north of the Arnon and between Dibon and Mattanah.

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “when he struck [or “smote”].”

[1:4]  ³ sn See Deut 2:26–3:22.

[1:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “who lived.”

[1:4]  ⁵ sn Heshbon is probably modern Tell Hesban, about 7.5 mi (12 km) south southwest of Amman, Jordan.

[1:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “who lived.”

[1:4]  ⁷ sn Ashtaroth is probably Tell àAshtarah, about 22 mi (35 km) due east of the Sea of Galilee.

[1:4]  ⁸ sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31).

[3:6]  ³ tn Heb “we put them under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). See note at 2:34.

[3:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “city of men.”

[2:24]  ⁴ sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.

[2:30]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX in reading the first person pronoun. The MT, followed by many English versions, has a second person masculine singular pronoun, “your.”

[2:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “hardened his spirit” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “made his spirit stubborn.”

[2:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “made his heart obstinate” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “made his heart defiant.”

[2:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “into your hand.”

[3:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “people.”