Sihon. [Si'hon]
King of the Amorites, who, after his victory over the Moabites, was defeated and slain, with his army, by the Israelites. His territory was on the east of the Jordan, from the Arnon to the Jabbok: it was possessed by the Israelites. The victory is commemorated in two of the Psalms. Numbers 21:21-35; Numbers 32:33; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 2:24-36; Deuteronomy 3:2-6; Joshua 12:2; Judges 1:11-22; Psalms 135:11; Psalms 136:19; Jeremiah 48:45.