The Definition of the word Heshbon

Heshbon

Intelligence, a city ruled over by Sihon, king of the Amorites "(Josh. 3:10; 13:17). It was taken by Moses (Num. 21:23-26), and" became afterwards a Levitical city (Josh. 21:39) in the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:37). After the Exile it was taken possession of "by the Moabites (Isa. 15:4; Jer. 48:2, 34, 45). The ruins of" this town are still seen about 20 miles east of Jordan from the north end of the Dead Sea. There are reservoirs in this "district, which are probably the "fishpools" referred to in" Cant. 7:4.