Occurrences
Cheshbôwn occurs 38 times in 37 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (8), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (9), Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (4)
- Numbers 21:25 — And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן), and in all the villages thereof.
- Numbers 21:26 — For Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן) 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.
- Numbers 21:27 — Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
- Numbers 21:28 — For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon (מֵֽחֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן), a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
- Numbers 21:30 — We have shot at them; Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן) is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
- 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 (בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן).
- Numbers 32:3 — Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon (וְחֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן), and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:37 — And the children of Reuben built Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן), and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
- Deuteronomy 1:4 — After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei:
- 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 (חֶשְׁבּ֧וֹן), and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
- Deuteronomy 2:26 — And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן) with words of peace, saying,
- Deuteronomy 2:30 — But Sihon king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן) 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.
- 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 (בְּחֶשְׁבּֽוֹן).
- Deuteronomy 3:6 — And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
- 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 (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt:
- Deuteronomy 29:7 — And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon (חֶ֠שְׁבּוֹן), and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
- Joshua 9:10 — And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן), and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth.
- Joshua 12:2 — Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
- Joshua 12:5 — And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּֽוֹן).
- Joshua 13:10 — And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), unto the border of the children of Ammon;
- Joshua 13:17 — Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֥וֹן), and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
- Joshua 13:21 — And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן), whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
- Joshua 13:26 — And from Heshbon (וּמֵחֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן) unto Ramath-mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
- Joshua 13:27 — And in the valley, Beth-aram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן), Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
- Joshua 21:39 — Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙) with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
- Judges 11:19 — And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן); and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
- Judges 11:26 — While Israel dwelt in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן) and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
- 1 Chronicles 6:81 — And Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙) with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
- Nehemiah 9:22 — Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֔וֹן), and the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Song of Songs 7:4 — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן), by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
- Isaiah 15:4 — And Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙) shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.
- Isaiah 16:8 — For the fields of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן) languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
- Isaiah 16:9 — Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן), and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
- Jeremiah 48:2 — There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon (בְּחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן) they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
- Jeremiah 48:34 — From the cry of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן) even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate.
- Jeremiah 48:45 — They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֛וֹן) because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
- Jeremiah 48:45 — They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon (מֵחֶשְׁבּ֗וֹן), and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
- Jeremiah 49:3 — Howl, O Heshbon (חֶשְׁבּ֜וֹן), for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.