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Heshbon

City associated with Sihon king of the Amorites.

city of Sihon9 Bible books19 chapters37 verse appearances

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Royal city of the , taken by Israel after he refuses them passage and comes out to fight at . It is assigned to and later to Gad, and Numbers 21 preserves an old taunt-song about its capture. Its pools and towers reappear as imagery in the Song of , and , , and all include it in oracles concerning when it later passes back into hands.

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