Numbers 21:16-30

¹⁶And thence they came to the well; this is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people, and I will give them water to drink.

¹⁷Then Israel sang this song at the well, Begin to sing of the well;

¹⁸the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain,

¹⁹and from Manthanain to Naaliel, and from Naaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to Janen, which is in the plain of Moab as seen from the top of the quarried rock that looks towards the wilderness.

²⁰And Moses sent ambassadors to Seon king of the Amorites, with peaceful words, saying,

²¹We will pass through your land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.

²²We will not drink water out of your well; we will go by the king's highway, until we have past your boundaries.

²³And Seon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Seon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jassa, and set the battle in array against Israel.

²⁴And Israel struck him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.

²⁵And Israel took all their cities, and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Esebon, and in all cities belonging to it.

²⁶For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.

²⁷Therefore say they who deal in dark speeches, Come to Esebon, that the city of Seon may be built and prepared.

²⁸For a fire has gone forth from Esebon, a flame from the city of Seon, and has consumed as far as Moab, and devoured the pillars of Arnon.

²⁹Woe to you, Moab; you are lost, you people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites.

³⁰And their seed shall perish from Esebon to Daebon; and their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.