Joshua 24:8 Cross References - NSB

⁸ »‘I brought you to the land of the Amorites, who lived on the east side of the Jordan. They fought you, but I gave you victory over them. You took their land. I destroyed them as you advanced.

²¹ »The people of Israel sent messengers to the Amorite king Sihon to say: ²² »Let us go through your country. We will not go through any of your fields or vineyards or drink any of the water from your wells. We will stay on the king’s highway until we have passed through your territory.« ²³ Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Sihon gathered all his troops and came out into the desert to attack Israel. When Sihon’s troops came to Jahaz, they fought against Israel. ²⁴ Israel defeated them in battle and took possession of their land from the Arnon Valley to the Jabbok River. They stopped at the border of the Ammon because it was fortified. ²⁵ The Israelites settled in the Amorite towns. They settled in the capital city of Heshbon with its surrounding villages. ²⁶ King Sihon ruled from Heshbon after defeating the Moabites and taking over their land north of the Arnon River gorge. ²⁷ That is why the Amorites had written this poem about Heshbon: »Come and rebuild Heshbon, King Sihon’s capital city! ²⁸ »His armies marched out like fiery flames, burning down the town of Ar and destroying the hills along the Arnon River. ²⁹ »You Moabites are done for! Your god Chemosh deserted your people. They were captured, taken away by King Sihon the Amorite. ³⁰ »We completely defeated Moab. The towns of Heshbon and Dibon, of Nophah and Medeba are ruined and gone.« ³¹ After the Israelites settled in the Amorite territory, ³² Moses sent some men to explore the town of Jazer. Some time later, the Israelites captured the villages surrounding it and forced out the Amorites who lived there. ³³ They turned around and went by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out with all his people for battle at Edrei. ³⁴ Jehovah said to Moses: »Do not fear him for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land. You will do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.« ³⁵ The Israelites defeated him, his sons, and all his troops, leaving no survivors. They took possession of his land.

³² Sihon came out with all his men to fight us near the town of Jahaz,

¹⁰ All the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon;

²² »You gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land. They took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.

¹⁰ He struck great nations and killed mighty kings, ¹¹ Sihon the king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,

¹⁷ To him who destroyed great kings. His loving kindness is everlasting. ¹⁸ And struck mighty kings, for his loving kindness is everlasting: ¹⁹ Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²⁰ And Og, king of Bashan, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²¹ And gave their land as a heritage, for his loving kindness is everlasting, ²² Even a heritage to Israel his servant, for his loving kindness is everlasting.