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Deuteronomy 2:24-26
New English Translation

24 “Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look, I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon,[a] and his land. Go ahead—take it! Engage him in war! 25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth[b] with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”[c]

Defeat of Sihon, King of Heshbon

26 Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth[d] wilderness to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 2:24 sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tel Hesbān, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.
  2. Deuteronomy 2:25 tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).
  3. Deuteronomy 2:25 tn Heb “from before you.”
  4. Deuteronomy 2:26 sn Kedemoth. This is probably Aleiyan, about 8 mi (13 km) north of the Arnon and between Dibon and Mattanah.
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