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Heshbon
Sign in to save280px|thumb|Tell Hesban Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esbus; , , Ḥešbōn, ) were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, historically within the territories of ancient Ammon.
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- Location of Tell Hisban
- Biblical reference to Heshbon
- Historical reference to classical towns
- Herodian Es(e)bonitis/Sebonitis: possibly elsewhere
- Late Roman Esebon, Esboús
- Byzantine Hesebon
- Early Arab period
- History of excavation
- Archaeological findings
- Not the Bronze Age Heshbon?
- Roman-period Esbus
- Byzantine period
- Ecclesiastical history
- Hazboun family
- See also
- References
- External links
280px|thumb|Tell Hesban Heshbon (also Hesebon, Esebon, Esbous, Esbus; , , Ḥešbōn, ) were at least two different ancient towns located east of the Jordan River in what is now the Kingdom of Jordan, historically within the territories of ancient Ammon.
The Bronze Age Heshbon of biblical King Sihon has not been identified. The town of Esbus from the Roman and Byzantine period has been identified with a tell (archaeological mound) known in Arabic as Tell Hisban or Tell Ḥesbān.