13. From there they marched and camped across the Arnon in the desert that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon was the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
14. For this reason the scroll of the Lord’s wars says:Waheb in Suphah and the ravines.The Arnon
15. and the ravinesthat extend to the settlement of Arand lie along the border of Moab.
16. From there they marched to Beer, the well where the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people, and I’ll give them water."
17. Then the Israelites sang this song:"Well, flow up!Sing about it!
18. The well that the officials dug,that the officials of the people hollowed outwith the ruler’s scepter and their staffs."They marched from the desert to Mattanah;
19. from Mattanah to Nahaliel; from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
20. from Bamoth to the valley in the Moabite countryside, to the top of Pisgah overlooking Jeshimon.
21. Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon the Amorite king:
22. "Let us pass through your land. We won’t turn aside into a field or vineyard. We won’t drink water from a well. We will walk on the King’s Highway until we cross your border."
23. But Sihon wouldn’t allow the Israelites to cross his border. Sihon gathered all his people and went out to meet the Israelites in the desert. When he came to Jahaz, he attacked the Israelites.
24. The Israelites struck him down with their swords and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was fortified.
25. The Israelites took all these cities. Then the Israelites settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and all its villages.
26. Now Heshbon was the city of Sihon the Amorite king who had fought against the former king of Moab. He had taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon.
27. Therefore, the poets say:"Come to Heshbon, let it be built.Let the city of Sihon be established.
28. Fire went out from Heshbon,flame from Sihon’s city.It consumed Ar of Moaband swallowed up the shrines of the Arnon.