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Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, king of Ashtaroth, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. Chronicled in Numbers, he was defeated by Moses and the Israelites at the battle of Jahaz. He and Og were said to be the two kings Moses defeated on the east side of the Jordan river.
Moab militarily supported Assurbanipal during his campaign against Egypt and the pharaoh Taharqa. The status of vassal of Assyria allows Moab to benefit in return from the support of Assyria against the nomadic tribes of the Arabian desert, and in particular against the Qedarites. King Kamōš-ʿaśa seemed to have defeated Ammuladi, king of ...
"For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon." [ 5 ] Similar passages appear in Deuteronomy and Joshua , with the primary emphasis being the victory of the Israelites over King Sihon at the site of Heshbon.
Shortly before the Israelite Exodus, the Amorites west of Jordan, under King Sihon, invaded and occupied a large portion of the territory of Moab and Ammon. The Ammonites were driven from the rich lands near the Jordan and retreated to the mountains and valleys to the east. [ 14 ]
It was bounded on the north by Bashan, and on the south by Moab and Ammon (Genesis 31:21; Deuteronomy 3:12–17). The hills of Gilead, Jordan "Gilead" mentioned in the Book of Hosea may refer to the cities of Ramoth-Gilead , Jabesh-Gilead , or the whole Gilead region; "Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained with blood ...
The Heshbon Expedition failed to find clear archaeological evidence proving the Biblical account or existence of a King Sihon at Tall Hisban. This has led some scholars to look for other locations for biblical Heshbon. [3] Others have welcomed it as support for a revisionist history of the origins of Israel. [4]
Biblical kingdoms of Ammon, Edom and Moab around 830 BCE. According to the Hebrew Bible, Ammon and Moab were nations that occupied parts of Transjordan in ancient times. According to Genesis, , Ammon and Moab were descendants of Lot by Lot's two daughters, in the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The Bible refers to both the ...
People: Ahab, Balaam, Ehud ben Gera, David, Omri, Sihon, Solomon. ... Gilead, Jordan, King's Highway (ancient) Subcategories. This category has the following 3 ...