Deuteronomy 2:26–33

The Defeat of King Sihon

²⁶“So I sent messengers from the wilderness of ^pKedemoth to Sihon the king of ^mHeshbon, ^qwith words of peace, saying, ^27r‘Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road; I will turn aside neither to the right nor to the left. ^28sYou shall sell me food for money, that I may eat, and give me water for money, that I may drink. Only let me pass through on foot, ^29tas the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land that the Lord our God is giving to us.’ ³⁰But ^uSihon the king of ^mHeshbon would not let us pass by him, for the Lord your God ^vhardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might give him into your hand, as he is this day. ³¹And the Lord said to me, ‘Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may occupy his land.’ ³²Then ^wSihon came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Jahaz. ³³And ^xthe Lord our God gave him over to us, and ^ywe defeated him and his sons and all his people.