Numbers 21:28

Numbers 21:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
• New International Version (NIV)“Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For fire went out from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon; It consumed Ar of Moab, The lords of the heights of the Arnon.
• New Living Translation (NLT)A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.

Context of Numbers 21:28

26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon. 27Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established. For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed the heights of the Arnon. 29Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon. 30So we overthrew them; Heshbon, as far as Dibon, perished; and we laid waste as far as Nophah; fire spread as far as Medeba."

Numbers 21:28 word by word

כִּי־אֵשׁ֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן לֶהָבָ֖ה מִקִּרְיַ֣ת סִיחֹ֑ן אָֽכְלָה֙ עָ֣ר מוֹאָ֔ב בַּעֲלֵ֖י בָּמ֥וֹת אַרְנֹֽן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For there is a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• gone outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: issueH3318
• of Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbôn · HeshbonH2809
• a flameלֶהָבָהlehâbâh lahebeth · flameH3852
• from the cityקִרְיָהqiryâh · townH7151
• of Sihonסִיחוֹןsîychôn sîychôn · SihonH5511
• it hath consumedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• Arעָר‛âr · ArH6144
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• the lords of the high placesבַּעֲלֵי בָּמוֹתba‛ălêy bâmôth · heightsH1181
• of Arnonאַרְנוֹן'arnôn 'arnôn · ArnonH769

Cross-references for Numbers 21:28

• Judges 9:20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the leaders of Shechem and from Beth-millo and devour Abimelech."
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord God of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
• Jeremiah 48:45"In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stop without strength, for fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab, the crown of the sons of tumult.
• Amos 1:4So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
• Amos 2:2So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
• Numbers 21:15and the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab."
• Deuteronomy 2:9And the Lord said to me, 'Do not harass Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the people of Lot for a possession.'
• Isaiah 15:1An oracle concerning Moab. Because Ar of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone; because Kir of Moab is laid waste in a night, Moab is undone.

Commentaries on Numbers 21:28

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-35Verses 21-35 Sihon went with his forces against Israel, out of his own borders, without provocation, and so ran upon his own ruin. The enemies of God's church often perish by the counsels they think most wisely taken. Og, king of Bashan, instead of being warned by the fate of his neighbours, to make peace with Israel, makes war with them, which proves in like manner his destruction. Wicked men do their utmost to secure themselves and their possessions…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 28King Sihon had destroyed Moab’s towns from his center of operations at Heshbon.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-3027-30. Wherefore they that speak in proverbs--Here is given an extract from an Amorite song exultingly anticipating an extension of their conquests to Arnon. The quotation from the poem of the Amorite bard ends at Nu 21:28. The two following verses appear to be the strains in which the Israelites expose the impotence of the usurpers.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 21:28

• Amorites
• Ar
• Heshbon
• Israel
• Sihon
• Song

In the dictionaries

• Heshbon
• Moab
• Sihon
• Moab; Moabites
• Moab, Moabite
• Bamothbaal
• Behold
• Exodus
• Moabite
• Spy

Commentaries on Numbers 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings