Numbers 21:23–30

^23xBut Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. So Sihon gathered all his people together and ⁸went out against Israel in the wilderness, ^yand he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel. ²⁴Then ^zIsrael defeated him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the people of Ammon; for the border of the people of Ammon was fortified. ²⁵So Israel took all these cities, and Israel ^adwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its villages. ²⁶For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from his hand as far as the Arnon. ²⁷Therefore those who speak in ⁹proverbs say:

“Come to Heshbon, let it be built;

Let the city of Sihon be repaired.

²⁸“For ^bfire went out from Heshbon,

A flame from the city of Sihon;

It consumed ^cAr of Moab,

The lords of the ^dheights of the Arnon.

²⁹Woe to you, ^eMoab!

You have perished, O people of ^fChemosh!

He has given his ^gsons as fugitives,

And his ^hdaughters into captivity,

To Sihon king of the Amorites.

³⁰“But we have shot at them;

Heshbon has perished ⁱas far as Dibon.

Then we laid waste as far as Nophah,

Which reaches to ^jMedeba.”