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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed the heights of the Arnon.
• 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

26Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon. 27That is why the poets say: “Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt; let Sihon’s city be restored. “Fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the citizens of Arnon’s heights. 29Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites. 30“But we have overthrown them; Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon. We have demolished them as far as Nophah, which extends to 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 you have not, let fire come out from Abimelek and consume you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and let fire come out from you, the citizens of Shechem and Beth Millo, and consume Abimelek!”
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, will send a wasting disease upon his sturdy warriors; under his pomp a fire will be kindled like a blazing flame.
• Jeremiah 48:45“In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand helpless, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, a blaze from the midst of Sihon; it burns the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of the noisy boasters.
• Amos 1:4I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad.
• Amos 2:2I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
• Numbers 21:15and the slopes of the ravines that lead to the settlement of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
• Deuteronomy 2:9Then the Lord said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any part of their land. I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as a possession.”
• Isaiah 15:1A prophecy against Moab: Ar in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night! Kir in Moab is ruined, destroyed in a night!

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