Sihon king of the Amorites

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Amorite king ancient Near Eastern king biblical figure

Sihon king of the Amorites was a Canaanite ruler mentioned in the Hebrew Bible whose defeat by the Israelites opened the way for their control of key Transjordanian territories.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sihon 2
Sihon king of the Amorites canonical 2
Sihon, king of Heshbon 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Amorite king ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern king ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
action gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness ⓘ
associatedWith Og king of Bashan ⓘ
battle battle at Jahaz ⓘ
capitalCity Heshbon ⓘ
category Amorite people ⓘ
Canaanite rulers ⓘ
Kings in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
conflictWith Israelites ⓘ
contemporaryOf Moses ⓘ
defeatedBy Israelites ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
describedAs Canaanite ruler ⓘ
enemyOf Israelites ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
ethnicity Amorite ⓘ
killedBy Israelites ⓘ
languageOfSources Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
lossOf Heshbon ⓘ
all his cities ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges

Book of Numbers ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament

Psalm 135 ⓘ
Psalm 136 ⓘ
name Sihon king of the Amorites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sihon
oftenMentionedTogetherWith Og king of Bashan ⓘ
refused Israelite request to pass through his land ⓘ
regionRuled Transjordan ⓘ
land east of the Jordan River ⓘ
territory from Arnon to Jabbok ⓘ
religion Canaanite religion ⓘ
rememberedIn Israelite historical traditions ⓘ
Israelite victory songs ⓘ
roleInNarrative obstacle to Israel’s entry into the promised land ⓘ
ruledOver Amorites ⓘ
Heshbon ⓘ
significance his defeat opened the way for Israelite control of Transjordanian territories ⓘ
territoryAfterDefeat given to the tribes of Reuben and Gad ⓘ
partly given to the half-tribe of Manasseh ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age (traditional biblical chronology) ⓘ
title king of the Amorites ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transjordanian territories of Israel → conqueredFrom → Sihon king of the Amorites ⓘ
Sihon king of the Amorites → name → Sihon king of the Amorites self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sihon
Og king of Bashan → contemporaryOf → Sihon king of the Amorites ⓘ
subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan
this entity surface form: Sihon, king of Heshbon
Og king of Bashan → groupedWith → Sihon king of the Amorites ⓘ
subject surface form: Og, king of Bashan
this entity surface form: Sihon, king of the Amorites
Heshbon → capitalOf → Sihon king of the Amorites ⓘ
Heshbon → notableKingAssociated → Sihon king of the Amorites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sihon