Sihon
A person of the Exodus and wilderness years, first named at Numbers 21:21.
What we know — and how we know it
Where in scripture
NumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudges1 KingsNehemiahPsalmsJeremiahIsrael sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
Numbers 21:21
Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz. He fought against Israel.
Numbers 21:23
Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-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, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land.
Numbers 32:33
after he had struck Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.
Deuteronomy 1:4
“Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy 2:24
I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
Deuteronomy 2:26
But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.
Deuteronomy 2:30
Yahweh said to me, “Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before you. Begin to possess, that you may inherit his land.”
Deuteronomy 2:31
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.
