Skip to main content

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, 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;

KJV

Sehon rex Amorrhæorum, qui habitavit in Hesebon, dominatus est ab Aroër, quæ sita est super ripam torrentis Arnon, et mediæ partis in valle, dimidiæque Galaad, usque ad torrentem Jaboc, qui est terminus filiorum Ammon.

Vulgate

Σηὼν τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἁμορραίων, ὃς κατῴκει ἐν Ἐσεβών, κυριεύων ἀπὸ Ἀρνών, ἥ ἐστιν ἐν τῇ φάραγγι κατὰ μέρος τῆς φάραγγος, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς Γαλαὰδ ἕως Ἰαβόκ, ὅρια υἱῶν Ἀμμών,

LXX

Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

ASV

סִיחוֹן֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הָ/אֱמֹרִ֔י הַ/יּוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּ/חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן מֹשֵׁ֡ל מֵ/עֲרוֹעֵ֡ר אֲשֶׁר֩ עַל שְׂפַת נַ֨חַל אַרְנ֜וֹן וְ/ת֤וֹךְ הַ/נַּ֨חַל֙ וַ/חֲצִ֣י הַ/גִּלְעָ֔ד וְ/עַד֙ יַבֹּ֣ק הַ/נַּ֔חַל גְּב֖וּל בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People Sihon

In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֱמֹרִ֔י
'mry
noun · 87×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אַרְנוֹן֙
'rnvn
proper_noun · 25×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
גְּב֣וּל
gbvl
noun · 239×
גִּלְעָֽד
gl'd
proper_noun · 134×
חֲצִ֣י
chtsy
noun · 122×
חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן
chshbvn
proper_noun · 38×
י
y
noun · 177×
יַבֹּק֙
ybq
proper_noun · 7×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
סִיחֹן֙
sychn
proper_noun · 37×
עֲרוֹעֵ֡ר
'rv'r
proper_noun · 16×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַמּ֔וֹן
'mvn
proper_noun · 105×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 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:
  • Deut 2:37 — Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us.
  • Deut 3:8 — And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
  • Gen 32:22 — And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
  • Gen 32:22 — And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok.
  • Josh 13:16 — And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba;