26 For three hundred years Israel occupied(A) Heshbon, Aroer,(B) the surrounding settlements and all the towns along the Arnon. Why didn’t you retake them during that time?

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36 From Aroer(A) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,(B) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave(C) us all of them.

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who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead,(A) the land of the Amorites.

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He led[a] Israel twenty-three years; then he died, and was buried in Shamir.

Jair

He was followed by Jair(A) of Gilead, who led Israel twenty-two years.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 10:2 Traditionally judged; also in verse 3

22 After Abimelek had governed Israel three years,

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Gideon’s Death

28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head(A) again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace(B) forty years.

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31 “So may all your enemies perish,(A) Lord!
    But may all who love you be like the sun(B)
    when it rises in its strength.”(C)

Then the land had peace(D) forty years.

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30 That day Moab(A) was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace(B) for eighty years.

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11 So the land had peace(A) for forty years,(B) until Othniel son of Kenaz(C) died.

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Joshua’s Farewell to the Leaders

23 After a long time had passed and the Lord had given Israel rest(A) from all their enemies around them, Joshua, by then a very old man,(B)

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10 and all the towns of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(A) out to the border of the Ammonites.(B)

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He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah,(A) all of Bashan(B) to the border of the people of Geshur(C) and Maakah,(D) and half of Gilead(E) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.(A)

He ruled from Aroer(B) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge—from the middle of the gorge—to the Jabbok River,(C) which is the border of the Ammonites.(D) This included half of Gilead.(E)

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18 Joshua waged war against all these kings for a long time.

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We completely destroyed[a] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying[b](A) every city—men, women and children.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
  2. Deuteronomy 3:6 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.

The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid(A) of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

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Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon

24 “Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge.(A) See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,(B) king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage(C) him in battle.

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25 Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites(A) and occupied them,(B) including Heshbon(C) and all its surrounding settlements. 26 Heshbon was the city of Sihon(D) king of the Amorites,(E) who had fought against the former king of Moab(F) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.(G)

27 That is why the poets say:

“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;
    let Sihon’s city be restored.

28 “Fire went out from Heshbon,
    a blaze from the city of Sihon.(H)
It consumed(I) Ar(J) of Moab,
    the citizens of Arnon’s heights.(K)
29 Woe to you, Moab!(L)
    You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!(M)
He has given up his sons as fugitives(N)
    and his daughters as captives(O)
    to Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 “But we have overthrown them;
    Heshbon’s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.(P)
We have demolished them as far as Nophah,
    which extends to Medeba.(Q)

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