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Heshbon
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Hesh'bon. (stronghold). The capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites. Numbers 21:26. It stood on the western border of the high plain - Mishor, Joshua 13:17 - and on the boundary line between the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The ruins of Hesban, 20 miles east of the Jordan, on the parallel of the northern end of the Dead Sea mark the site, as they bear the name; of the ancient Heshbon. There are many cisterns among the ruins. Compare Song of Solomon 7:4.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Heshbon'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​h/heshbon.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Heshbon'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​h/heshbon.html. 1901.