24 Then aIsrael struck him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the bborder of the sons of Ammon was Jazer. 25 And Israel took all these cities, and aIsrael lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her towns. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites. Now it was he who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon. 27 Therefore those who use proverbs say,
“Come to Heshbon! Let it be built!
So let the city of Sihon be established.
28 aFor a fire went forth from Heshbon,
A flame from the town of Sihon;
It devoured bAr of Moab,
The cdominant heights of the Arnon.
29 aWoe to you, O Moab!
You perish, O people of bChemosh!
cHe has given his sons as fugitives,
dAnd his daughters into captivity,
To an Amorite king, Sihon.
30 But we have cast them down,
Heshbon perishes as far as aDibon,
And we have made desolate even to Nophah,
Which reaches to Medeba.”
31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out aJazer, and they captured its towns and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
33 aThen they turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out to meet them, he and all his people for battle at bEdrei. 34 But Yahweh said to Moses, “aDo not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.” 35 So athey struck down him and his sons and all his people, until there was no survivor remaining for him; and they possessed his land.