Psalms 136:17 Cross References
Psalms 136:17
17: Give thanks to him who struck down mighty kings. His faithful love endures forever.
Psalms 135:10
- He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings--
- Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
- He gave their land as an inheritance, a special possession to his people Israel.
Joshua 12:1
- These are the kings east of the Jordan River who had been killed and whose land was taken. Their territory extended from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon and included all the land east of the Jordan Valley.
- 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.
- Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley as far north as the western shores of the Sea of Galilee and as far south as the Dead Sea, from Beth-jeshimoth to the slopes of Pisgah.
- King Og of Bashan, the last of the Rephaites, lived at Ashtaroth and Edrei.
- He ruled a territory stretching from Mount Hermon to Salecah in the north and to all of Bashan in the east, and westward to the boundaries of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. His kingdom included the northern half of Gilead, the other portion of which was in the territory of King Sihon of Heshbon.