25. Israel captured all the Amorite cities and lived in them, taking Heshbon and all the towns around it.
26. Heshbon was the city where Sihon, the Amorite king, lived. In the past he had fought with the king of Moab and had taken all the land as far as the Arnon.
27. That is why the poets say:“Come to Heshbonand rebuild it;rebuild Sihon’s city.
28. A fire began in Heshbon;flames came from Sihon’s city.It destroyed Ar in Moab,and it burned the Arnon highlands.
29. How terrible for you, Moab!The people of Chemosh are ruined.His sons ran awayand his daughters were capturedby Sihon, king of the Amorites.
30. But we defeated those Amorites.We ruined their towns from Heshbon to Dibon,and we destroyed them as far as Nophah, near Medeba.”
31. So Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.
32. After Moses sent spies to the town of Jazer, they captured the towns around it, forcing out the Amorites who lived there.
33. Then the Israelites went up the road toward Bashan. Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet the Israelites, and they fought at Edrei.