Deuteronomy 2:32
Context2:32 When Sihon and all his troops 1 emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz, 2
Deuteronomy 1:4
Context1:4 This took place after the defeat 3 of King Sihon 4 of the Amorites, whose capital was 5 in Heshbon, 6 and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was 7 in Ashtaroth, 8 specifically in Edrei. 9
Deuteronomy 2:31
Context2:31 The Lord said to me, “Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession.”
Deuteronomy 29:7
Context29:7 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
Context2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, 10 and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war!
Deuteronomy 2:30
Context2:30 But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our 11 God had made him obstinate 12 and stubborn 13 so that he might deliver him over to you 14 this very day.
Deuteronomy 4:46
Context4:46 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.


[2:32] 2 sn Jahaz. This is probably Khirbet el-Medeiyineh. See J. Dearman, “The Levitical Cities of Reuben and Moabite Toponymy,” BASOR 276 (1984): 55-57.
[1:4] 3 tn Heb “when he struck [or “smote”].”
[1:4] 4 sn See Deut 2:26–3:22.
[1:4] 6 sn Heshbon is probably modern Tell Hesban, about 7.5 mi (12 km) south southwest of Amman, Jordan.
[1:4] 8 sn Ashtaroth is probably Tell àAshtarah, about 22 mi (35 km) due east of the Sea of Galilee.
[1:4] 9 sn Edrei is probably modern Deràa, 60 mi (95 km) south of Damascus (see Num 21:33; Josh 12:4; 13:12, 31).
[2:24] 5 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] 7 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] 8 tn Heb “hardened his spirit” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NIV “made his spirit stubborn.”
[2:30] 9 tn Heb “made his heart obstinate” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “made his heart defiant.”