Numbers 21:25
And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
Cross-references
Numbers 21:31 directly follows, stating Israel settled in the Amorite land — the immediate outcome of capturing Heshbon.
Numbers 21:34 directly references the victory over Sihon at Heshbon, commanding the same treatment for Og — a continuation of the conquest narrative.
Numbers 32:33-42 records the allocation of Heshbon and surrounding cities to Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh.
Judges 11:20 retells the same battle with Sihon at Jahaz, providing historical context for the conquest of Heshbon.
Judges 11:26 echoes that Israel dwelt in Heshbon for centuries, directly referencing Numbers 21:25 as evidence of possession.
1 Chronicles 6:81 lists Heshbon as a Levitical city, showing the later allocation of the city conquered in Numbers 21:25.
Jeremiah 48:45 reuses the fire-from-Heshbon imagery from the song of Numbers 21:28, applying it to Moab's judgment — a prophetic echo of the same location.
Isaiah 15:4 describes Heshbon's cry in a Moabite lament — a later prophetic perspective on the same city.
Isaiah 16:8 laments the fields of Heshbon languishing in a Moab prophecy — same location, different era.
Isaiah 16:9 continues the lament, weeping over Heshbon and Elealeh — closely linked to the previous verse.
Jeremiah 48:2 mentions Heshbon as the site of plotted disaster against Moab — a later judgment reference.
Jeremiah 48:34 describes the cry from Heshbon in Moab's downfall — another prophecy using the city's name.