Numbers 21:25-35

25 Israel took all these towns, and Israel settled in all the towns of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26 For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and captured all his land as far as the Arnon.
27 Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
28 For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It devoured Ar of Moab, and swallowed up the heights of the Arnon.
29 Woe to you, O Moab! You are undone, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters captives, to an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 So their posterity perished from Heshbon to Dibon, and we laid waste until fire spread to Medeba."
31 Thus Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
32 Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they captured its villages, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
33 Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan; and King Og of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
34 But the Lord said to Moses, "Do not be afraid of him; for I have given him into your hand, with all his people, and all his land. You shall do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon."
35 So they killed him, his sons, and all his people, until there was no survivor left; and they took possession of his land.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Gk: Heb [and the lords of]
  • [b]. Gk: Heb [we have shot at them; Heshbon has perished]
  • [c]. Compare Sam Gk: Meaning of MT uncertain
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