Victories over Sihon and Og

²¹Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, with this request: ²²"Let us pass through your land. We won't go through any fields or vineyards, and we won't drink water from your wells. We'll stay on the king's highway until we've crossed your territory." ²³But Sihon refused to let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, he assembled his entire army and marched out into the wilderness to confront Israel. He reached Jahaz and attacked them. ²⁴Israel defeated him by the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, all the way to the Ammonite border, which was heavily fortified. ²⁵Israel captured all the Amorite cities and settled in them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding villages. ²⁶Heshbon had been the capital of Sihon, king of the Amorites. He had previously gone to war against the former king of Moab and seized all his territory as far as the Arnon. ²⁷That's why the poets say: "Come to Heshbon! Let the city of Sihon be rebuilt and restored! ²⁸For fire blazed out from Heshbon, a flame from Sihon's city. It consumed Ar of Moab and devoured the rulers of Arnon's heights. ²⁹Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh: he has given his sons who escaped and his daughters into captivity to Sihon, king of the Amorites. ³⁰We struck them down! Heshbon is ruined all the way to Dibon. We laid waste to everything as far as Nophah, which stretches to Medeba." ³¹So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites. ³²Moses sent scouts to Jazer. The Israelites captured its villages and drove out the Amorites living there. ³³Then they turned and headed up the road toward Bashan. Og, king of Bashan, marched out with his entire army to fight them at Edrei. ³⁴The LORD told Moses, "Don't be afraid of him. I have handed him over to you — him, all his people, and his land. Do to him exactly what you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon." ³⁵So they struck down Og, his sons, and all his people, leaving no survivors. Then they took possession of his land.