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    Heshbon

    חֶשְׁבּוֹן

    Heshbon, an Amorite city conquered by Moses (Num.21.25-30), was allotted to Reuben (Num.32.37; Josh 13:17) but later given to the Levites (Josh 21:39); it was a significant city in the region (Isa.15.4; 16:8-9; Jer.48.2, 34, 45; 49:3).

    Where the story of Heshbon happensHeshbon, and 9 places the claims reach, framed to them: Heshbon, Aroer, Arabah, Dizahab, Hazeroth, Jordan, Laban, Moab, Paran, Tophel. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.HeshbonAroerArabahDizahabHazerothJordanLabanMoabParanTophel
    Heshbon, and 9 places the claims reach
    verses
    37
    first named
    Numbers 21:25
    last named
    Jeremiah 49:3
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.80°N · 35.81°E
    settlement31.80°N · 35.81°E

    Tell Hesban (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 3 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Heshbon in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Heshbon was a prominent Amorite city located about 50 miles east of Jerusalem, in what is now western Jordan. It was the capital of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had taken it from the Moabites (Num.21.26-30). During the Israelites' journey to Canaan, Moses conquered Heshbon and its surrounding territories (Num.21.25, 34; Deut 1:4; 2:24-30; 3:2, 6; 4:46; 29:7). The city was initially allotted to the tribe of Reuben (Num.32.3, 37; Josh 13:10, 17) but was later given to the tribe of Gad (Josh 13:26) and then to the Levites (Josh 21:39; 1Ch.6.81). Heshbon was a significant city in the region, mentioned in various contexts throughout the Bible (Josh 9:10; 12:2, 5; Judg 11:19, 26; Neh.9.22; Sng.7.4; Isa.15.4; 16:8-9; Jer.48.2, 34, 45; 49:3). Its ruins, known as Hesban, have been excavated by archaeologists, revealing its rich history from biblical times through the Byzantine period.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 32 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 37, across 9 books. The name is written 38 times in them.

    1. Numbers8 verses

      21:2521:2621:2721:2821:3021:3432:332:37

    2. Deuteronomy8 verses

      1:42:242:262:303:23:64:4629:7

    3. Joshua9 verses

      9:1012:212:513:1013:1713:2113:2613:2721:39

    4. Judges2 verses

      11:1911:26

    5. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      6:81

    6. Nehemiah1 verse

      9:22

    7. Song of Songs1 verse

      7:4

    8. Isaiah3 verses

      15:416:816:9

    9. Jeremiah4 verses

      48:248:3448:4549:3

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Israel’s taking possessionIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Area Extent and Gad, Gadites, and Reubenites’ building of City, Fold, Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, and BuildingDibonMoabite city, allotted to Gad, later possessed by Moab.via Gad, Gadites, and Reubenites’ building of City, Fold, Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, and Building and Allotment of Merarite PasturelandsReubenFirstborn son of Jacob and Leahvia Area ExtentAreaArea is a concept gathering 19 labelled instances in the text.via Area ExtentBaal-meonMoabite town, allotted to Reuben, later retaken by Moab.via Area ExtentBamoth-baalMoabite high place where Balak took Balaam.via Area ExtentBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.via Area ExtentGileadMountainous region east of Jordan; tribal territory and personal name.via Area ExtentHermon MountMountain on the northern border of Israel

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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