Heshbon. Now Hesban. The capital of Sihon king of the Amorites. Rebuilt by Reubenites (Numbers 32:37. Compare Joshua 13:17).
devised. counselled. Note Figure of speech Paronomasia. Heshbon, hashbu.
evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.
be cut down. be reduced to silence.
Madmen. Now Umm Deineh,. town in Moab twelve miles N. E. of Dibon.