24 Israel killed the king. Then they captured his land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They took the land as far as the Ammonite border. That border was strongly defended.
25 Israel captured all the Amorite cities and lived in them. They took 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. Sihon 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.It burned the Arnon highlands.
29 How terrible for you, Moab!The people of Chemosh are ruined.His sons ran away.His daughters were capturedby Sihon, king of the Amorites.
30 But we defeated those Amorites.We ruined their towns from Heshbon to Dibon.We destroyed them as far as Nophah, near Medeba.”