Números 21:27

27 Por tanto, dicen los proverbistas: Venid a Hesbón, edifíquese y repárese la ciudad de Sehón

Números 21:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 21:27

Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say
The historical writers of those times, among the Amorites, who were usually poets, and wrote the history of the wars between the Moabites and Amorites in verse; as Homer among the Greeks wrote the wars of Troy; and the compositions of those ancient bards were short and compendious, and wrapped up in proverbial sayings, and enigmatical and figurative expressions, that they might be the better retained in memory, and therefore were called proverbialists. Jarchi says, they were Balaam and Beor that took up their parables, and said,

come into Heshbon;
which words are the beginning of the song, and in which the Amorites are represented as inviting Sihon, and his nobles, to enter Heshbon, which he had taken, and make it his royal seat; or as encouraging one another to go into it and repair it, having suffered much at the taking of it, which seems to be confirmed by what follows:

let the city of Sihon be built and prepared;
that is, let us set about rebuilding of the city, and let us fit it up for Sihon our king, and let it be called his city, and made the place of his residence, his palace, and where his court may be kept.

Números 21:27 In-Context

25 Y tomó Israel todas estas ciudades; y habitó Israel en todas las ciudades del amorreo, en Hesbón y en todas sus aldeas

26 Porque Hesbón era la ciudad de Sehón, rey de los amorreos; el cual había tenido guerra antes con el rey de Moab, y tomado de su poder toda su tierra hasta Arnón

27 Por tanto, dicen los proverbistas: Venid a Hesbón, edifíquese y repárese la ciudad de Sehón

28 que fuego salió de Hesbón, y llama de la ciudad de Sehón, y consumió a Ar de Moab, a los señores de los altos de Arnón

29 ¡Ay de ti, Moab! Pereciste, pueblo de Quemos; puso sus hijos en huida, y sus hijas en cautividad, por Sehón rey de los amorreos