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Heshbon

location debated

the central difficulty with Tell Hesban is that there aren’t archaeological remains old enough for Sihon; it’s possible the settlement moved here afterward

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Moab MOAB Jordan Jordan Jazer Jazer Jahaz Jahaz Gilead GILEAD Elealeh Elealeh Dibon Dibon Bashan BASHAN Ashtaroth Ashtaroth Aroer Aroer Arnon Arnon Ammon AMMON Heshbon Heshbon 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH BASHAN · MOAB 1 · ELEALEH · JAZER AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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32 PASSAGES · 9 BOOKS

Numbers 5
Deuteronomy 8
Joshua 8
Judges 2
1 Chronicles 1
Nehemiah 1
Song of Songs 1
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