Joshua 12:2 Cross References
Joshua 12:2
2: King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, was defeated. His kingdom included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge to the Jabbok River, which serves as a boundary for the Ammonites. This territory included half of the present area of Gilead, which lies north of the Jabbok River.
Genesis 32:22
- But during the night Jacob got up and sent his two wives, two concubines, and eleven sons across the Jabbok River.
Judges 11:13
- The king of Ammon answered Jephthah's messengers, "When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole my land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River and all the way to the Jordan. Now then, give back the land peaceably."
Numbers 21:23
- But King Sihon refused to let them cross his land. Instead, he mobilized his entire army and attacked Israel in the wilderness, engaging them in battle at Jahaz.
- But the Israelites slaughtered them and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.
- So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages.
- Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had conquered a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.
- For this reason the ancient poets wrote this about him: "Come to Heshbon, city of Sihon! May it be restored and rebuilt.
Psalms 136:19
- Sihon king of the Amorites, His faithful love endures forever.
- and Og king of Bashan. His faithful love endures forever.
Nehemiah 9:22
- "Then you helped our ancestors conquer great kingdoms and many nations, and you placed your people in every corner of the land. They completely took over the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan.
Judges 11:22
- from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
Deuteronomy 3:6
- We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered--men, women, and children alike.
- But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.
- "We now possessed all the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River--from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.
- (Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)
- We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau, and all Gilead and Bashan as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og's kingdom in Bashan.
Deuteronomy 2:24
- Moses continued, "Then the LORD said, `Now cross the Arnon Gorge! Look, I will help you defeat Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and I will give you his land. Attack him and begin to occupy the land.
- Beginning today I will make all people throughout the earth terrified of you. When they hear reports about you, they will tremble with dread and fear.'
- "Then from the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with this proposal of peace:
- `Let us pass through your land. We will stay on the main road and won't turn off into the fields on either side.
- We will pay for every bite of food we eat and all the water we drink. All we want is permission to pass through your land.
Psalms 135:11
- Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.