Sihon
Sign in to saveSihon 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.
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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.
==Biblical accounts== thumb|The Conquest of the Amorites (watercolor circa 1896–1902 by James Tissot) The Book of Numbers recounts that as the Israelites making their the Exodus came to the Transjordan, the country east of the Jordan, near Heshbon, King Siḥon of the Amorites refused to let them pass through his land:
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