Heshbon

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  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.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Heshbon, invention; industry