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Heshbon – en by mentioned in 37 verses in the Bible

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Tel Heshbon fra nord. Ca. 25 km syd for Amman. Byskilt i forgrunden. En af de gamle kongebyer i amoritternes rige. Israelitterne slår kong Sihon (4 Mos 21,21-31). Senere moabitternes by (Es 15,4; 16,8-9; Jer 48,2). Befæstet af Herodes den Store under navnet Hesbus/Esbus. I byzantinsk tid et vigtigt bispesæde. Foto: Hartvig Wagner, Late bronze (1550-1200 BC), EuroPLOT

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heshbon

Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num 21:23-26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben (Nu…

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Heshbon

hesh'-bon (cheshbon; Hesebon): The royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, taken and occupied by the Israelites under Moses (Num 21:25 f, etc.). It lay on the southern border of Gad (Josh 13:26), a…

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Num8Deut8Josh9Judg21 Kron1Neh1Hoj1Isa3Jer4
Alle 37 verses

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Judges

1 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Song of Songs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

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Location data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0) and OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Photos: Hartvig Wagner, EuroPLOT Resources. Leksikontekst: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915/1939), public domain.