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Psalm 136:19

Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness endures forever;

19Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving kindness endures forever;
21and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loving kindness endures forever;
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Sihon’s name ties the refrain about enduring loving kindness to a slain king, confronting readers with warfare inside Israel’s song of praise.

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Deuteronomy 29:7When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, and we struck them.Both passages recall Sihon’s defeat, with Deuteronomy describing the battle and the psalm remembering it in praise of God.
Numbers 21:24Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the …Numbers describes the killing and possession of land that Psalm 136 recalls through Sihon’s name and the surrounding lines.
Deuteronomy 2:30–36But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into …Both passages present God as decisive in Sihon’s downfall, while Deuteronomy also names Sihon’s refusal to let Israel pass.
Deuteronomy 2:32Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz.Sihon appears in both texts: Deuteronomy describes his battle against Israel, while the psalm names him among slain kings.
Numbers 21:21–24Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,Both texts name Sihon king of the Amorites, linking the psalm’s remembrance with the ruler Israel addressed through messengers.
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Encouragement

The psalm remembers a king’s death within Israel’s history; it offers no warrant for harming your opponents. Its praise rests on God’s enduring loving kindness.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).