Numbers 21:21-30

²¹We will pass through thy 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 thy well; we will go by the king’s highway, until we have past thy boundaries.

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

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

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

²⁶For Heshbon is the city of Sihon 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 Heshbon, That the city of Sihon may be built and prepared.

²⁸For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon, And has consumed as far as Moab, And devoured the pillars of Arnon.

²⁹Woe to thee, Moab; Thou art lost, thou people of Chemosh: Their sons are sold for preservation, And their daughters are captives To Sihon king of the Amorites.

³⁰And their seed shall perish from Heshbon to Dibon; And their women have yet farther kindled a fire against Moab.