Heshbon

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• Heshbon — (also (H)Esebon, Esbous, Esebus, Arabic: حسبان) was an ancient town located east of the Jordan River in the modern Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and historically within the territories of Ammon and Ancient Israel.Biblical References It is the… …   Wikipedia

• HESHBON — (Heb. חֶשְׁבּוֹן), biblical city in Transjordan, 50 mi. (80 km.) due E. of Jerusalem. The identification of Heshbon is undisputed; it was situated on the site of the present town of Ḥisbān in the southern Belka. The site was first explored in the …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Heshbon —    Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites (Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23 26), and became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). After the Exile it was taken… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

• Heshbon — A city in the north of Moab which changed hands several times; captured by the Israelites, it was occupied by the tribe Reuben (Num. 32:37) but later by Levites (Josh. 21:1–3, 39). It returned to the Moabites in the 9th cent. BCE (Isa. 15:4);… …   Dictionary of the Bible

• Heschbon-Ostraka — Als Heschbon Ostraka bezeichnet man eine Gruppe beschrifteter Tonscherben aus der Eisenzeit, die auf dem Tell Hesban, dem antiken Heschbon, gefunden wurden. Die Sprache der sehr kurzen Texte auf einigen der Ostraka sind nur einzelne Buchstaben… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Numbers 21 — 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt… …   The King James version of the Bible

• Joshua 13 — 1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. 2 This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all …   The King James version of the Bible

• Devarim (parsha) — Devarim, D’varim, or Debarim (דְּבָרִים Hebrew for “words,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 44th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of… …   Wikipedia

• Jeremiah 48 — 1 Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. 2 There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil… …   The King James version of the Bible

• MATHEMATICS — Bible The Bible does not deal directly with proper mathematical subjects; however there are some parts that do relate indirectly to different mathematical topics. These are widely discussed by the various commentators on the Bible and Talmud: the …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Og — For other uses, see Og (disambiguation). Og’s bed (engraving circa 1770 by Johann Balthasar Probst) According to several books of the Old Testament, Og ( gigantic ; Hebrew: עוג‎, cog ˈʕoːɡ; Arabic: عوج‎, c …   Wikipedia