Joshua 21:39
Joshua · Old Testament · Chapter 21
“Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.”Joshua 21:39
What Does Joshua 21:39 Mean?
Joshua 21:39 is found in the book of Joshua, chapter 21, verse 39 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Joshua 21:39 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Chronicles 6:81“And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.”1 Chronicles 26:31“Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.”Numbers 21:26“For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.”Numbers 32:1“Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;”Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,”Numbers 32:35“And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,”Numbers 32:37“And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,”Joshua 13:17“Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,”Joshua 13:21“And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.”Joshua 13:25“And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;”Isaiah 16:8“For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.”Jeremiah 48:32“O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.”
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