25 So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages.
26 Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.
27 Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him:“Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt!Let the city of Sihon be restored.
28 A fire flamed forth from Heshbon,a blaze from the city of Sihon.It burned the city of Ar in Moab;it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.
29 What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab!You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh!Chemosh has left his sons as refugees,his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.
30 We have utterly destroyed them,from Heshbon to Dibon.We have completely wiped them outas far away as Nophah and Medeba.”
31 So the people of Israel occupied the territory of the Amorites.