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For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.
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The Fire of Conquest
Commentators explain that the "fire" and "flame" mentioned in this verse are not literal. Instead, they are powerful poetic metaphors for the destructive and overwhelming military force of King Sihon's army, which marched out from his capital city of Heshbon to conquer the surrounding lands.
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19th Century
Anglican
Come into Heshbon.— These verses appear to commemorate first the victory of the Amorites over the Moabites, and then that of the I…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon Not before, but after Sihon had subdued it, as Jarchi observes; and is to be understoo…
Presbyterian
Sihon went with his forces against Israel, from outside his own borders and without provocation, and so brought about his own ruin. The enemies of …
