Bible Location

Heshbon

Meaning: invention; industry · 37 cross references · Modern-day map available

Heshbon was a major transjordanian city east of the Jordan and north of the Dead Sea, first associated with Sihon king of the Amorites and later with Israelite and Moabite control. It is important because it stands in the story of Israel's advance east of the Jordan and remains a remembered city in prophetic and poetic language. First appears in Num 21:25.1

Place meaning

invention; industry

Coordinates

31.80, 35.81

First appears

Num 21:25

AI summary: Heshbon enters the biblical story as the royal city of Sihon, making it central to Israel's victories east of the Jordan before the crossing into Canaan. Once taken, it becomes part of Israel's tribal and Levitical landscape, but later references show that control over Heshbon could shift and remain contested. Because it sits in the region between Israelite and Moabite interests, prophetic texts treat it as a meaningful point in pronouncements about judgment and loss. Across the cross references, Heshbon functions as an important eastern city whose changing fortunes reflect the contested history of the transjordan.1

Place meaning

invention; industry

Latitude

31.80

Longitude

35.81

Bible references

37