Strong H5511סִיחוֹן

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In the biblical story

In the Bible

Strong H5511 appears in 34 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

• sihon34

First verses

1. Numbers 21:21
   And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
2. Numbers 21:23
   And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
3. Numbers 21:26
   For 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, even unto Arnon.
4. Numbers 21:27
   Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
5. Numbers 21:28
   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.
6. Numbers 21:29
   Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
7. Numbers 21:34
   And the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
8. Numbers 32:33
   And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
9. Deuteronomy 1:4
   After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
10. Deuteronomy 2:24
    Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
11. Deuteronomy 2:26
    And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
12. Deuteronomy 2:30
    But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day.
13. Deuteronomy 2:31
    And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.
14. Deuteronomy 2:32
    Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz.
15. Deuteronomy 3:2
    And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
16. Deuteronomy 3:6
    And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
17. Deuteronomy 4:46
    On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
18. Deuteronomy 29:7
    And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
19. Deuteronomy 31:4
    And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
20. Joshua 2:10
    For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

Occurrences by book

• Numbers8
• Deuteronomy11
• Joshua7
• Judges3
• 1 Kings1
• Nehemiah1
• Psalms2
• Jeremiah1

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