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Good News Translation

Numbers 21:25

So the people of Israel captured all the Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all the surrounding towns, and settled in them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amorites;   Heshbon;   Israel;   Sihon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amorites, the;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Amorites;   Heshbon;   Serpents;   Sihon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Amorites;   Canaan;   Edom;   Heshbon;   Jabbok;   Moab;   Palestine;   Reuben;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Heshbon;   Sihon;   Wars of the Lord, the Book of the;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ar;   Jephthah;   Medeba;   Sihon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amorites;   Cities and Urban Life;   Conquest of Canaan;   Dibon;   Heshbon;   Moab and the Moabite Stone;   Reba;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Israel;   Jephthah;   Medeba;   Moab, Moabites;   Moses;   Numbers, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amorites ;   Arnon ;   Daughter;   Heshbon ;   Moab, Moabites ;   Sihon ;   Villages;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mount hor;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Heshbon;   Sihon;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Daughter;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Amorites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ammon;   Amorites;   Daughter;   Heshbon;   Moab;   Moses;   Town;   Village;   Wanderings of Israel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - City;   Government;   Heshbon;   Moab;   Sihon;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yisra'el took all these cities: and Yisra'el lived in all the cities of the Amori, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it.
King James Version
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Lexham English Bible
Israel took all these cities, and Israel inhabited all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its environs.
English Standard Version
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
New Century Version
Israel captured all the Amorite cities and lived in them, taking Heshbon and all the towns around it.
New English Translation
So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
Amplified Bible
Israel took all these cities, and settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its towns.
New American Standard Bible
Israel took all these cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her villages.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Israel tooke al these cities, & dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her towns.
Contemporary English Version
The Israelites settled in the Amorite towns, including the capital city of Heshbon with its surrounding villages.
Complete Jewish Bible
Isra'el took all these cities — Isra'el lived in all the cities of the Emori, in Heshbon and all its surrounding towns.
Darby Translation
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.
Easy-to-Read Version
Israel took all the Amorite cities and began living in them. They even defeated the city of Heshbon and all the small towns around it.
George Lamsa Translation
And Israel took all those cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof.
Christian Standard Bible®
Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its surrounding villages.
Literal Translation
And Israel took all these cities. And Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon and in all its daughter villages.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Israel toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of ye Amorites, namely at He?bon, and in the townes belonginge therto.
American Standard Version
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
Bible in Basic English
And Israel took all their towns, living in Heshbon and all the towns and small places of the Amorites.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Israel toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Hesbon, and in all the townes that long therto.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Israel took all these cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And Israel tooke all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Israel took all their cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it.
English Revised Version
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
Berean Standard Bible
Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its villages.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Israel took alle `the citees of hym, and dwelliden in the citees of Amorrei, that is, in Esebon, and hise townes.
Young's Literal Translation
And Israel taketh all these cities, and Israel dwelleth in all the cities of the Amorite, in Heshbon, and in all its villages;
Update Bible Version
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
World English Bible
Israel took all these cities: and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns of it.
New King James Version
So Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its villages.
New Living Translation
So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages.
New Life Bible
Israel took all these cities. They lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its towns.
New Revised Standard
Israel took all these towns, and Israel settled in all the towns of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Israel took all these cities, - and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all her villages;
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages thereof.
Revised Standard Version
And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Israel took all these cities and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages.

Contextual Overview

21 Then the people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say: 22 "Let us pass through your land. We and our cattle will not leave the road and go into your fields or vineyards, and we will not drink water from your wells; we will stay on the main road until we are out of your territory." 23 But Sihon would not permit the people of Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered his army and went out to Jahaz in the wilderness and attacked the Israelites. 24 But the Israelites killed many of the enemy in battle and occupied their land from the Arnon River north to the Jabbok, that is, to the Ammonites, because the Ammonite border was strongly defended. 25 So the people of Israel captured all the Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all the surrounding towns, and settled in them. 26 Heshbon was the capital city of the Amorite king Sihon, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had captured all his land as far as the Arnon River. 27 That is why the poets sing, "Come to Heshbon, to King Sihon's city! We want to see it rebuilt and restored. 28 Once from this city of Heshbon Sihon's army went forth like a fire; It destroyed the city of Ar in Moab And devoured the hills of the upper Arnon. 29 How terrible for you, people of Moab! You worshipers of Chemosh are brought to ruin! Your god let the men become refugees, And the women became captives of the Amorite king. 30 But now their descendants are destroyed, All the way from Heshbon to Dibon, From Nashim to Nophah, near Medeba."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dwelt: Numbers 21:31, Numbers 32:33-42, Deuteronomy 2:12

in Heshbon: Heshbon was situated, according to Eusebius, twenty miles east of Jordan; and Jerome, who places it at the same distance, says it was, in his time, a very considerable city. It still subsists, in ruins, under the name of Heshban. Song of Solomon 7:4, Isaiah 15:4, Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, Jeremiah 48:2, Jeremiah 48:34, Jeremiah 48:45

villages: Heb. daughters, Ezekiel 16:46, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 16:53

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:34 - as thou Judges 11:20 - General Judges 11:26 - Heshbon 1 Chronicles 6:81 - Heshbon Jeremiah 49:2 - her daughters

Cross-References

Genesis 13:7
So quarrels broke out between the men who took care of Abram's animals and those who took care of Lot's animals. (At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the land.)
Genesis 21:15
When the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush
Genesis 21:17
God heard the boy crying, and from heaven the angel of God spoke to Hagar, "What are you troubled about, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy crying.
Genesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech went with Phicol, the commander of his army, and said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.
Genesis 29:8
They answered, "We can't do that until all the flocks are here and the stone has been rolled back; then we will water the flocks."
Judges 1:15
She answered, "I want some water holes. The land you have given me is in the dry country." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.
Proverbs 17:10
An intelligent person learns more from one rebuke than a fool learns from being beaten a hundred times.
Proverbs 25:9
If you and your neighbor have a difference of opinion, settle it between yourselves and do not reveal any secrets.
Proverbs 27:5
Better to correct someone openly than to let him think you don't care for him at all.
Matthew 18:15
"If your brother sins against you, go to him and show him his fault. But do it privately, just between yourselves. If he listens to you, you have won your brother back.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Israel took all these cities,.... Which lay between the rivers Arnon and Jabbok; their particular names may be seen in

Numbers 32:3,

and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites; being given to the Reubenites and Gadites, who inhabited them, as their possession and inheritance, Numbers 32:2:

in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof; or "daughters thereof" q. Heshbon was the metropolis or mother city, and all the towns and villages adjacent were as daughters to it; of which city more is said in the following verses, Numbers 32:2- :.

q בנתיה "filiabus ejus", Montanus, Munster, Fagius, Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Heshbon - Now Heshban, a ruined city, due east of the point where the Jordan enters the Dead Sea; conspicuous from all parts of the high plateau on which it stands, but concealed, like the rest of the plateau, from the valley beneath.


 
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