22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples
and assigned them to be a boundary.
They took possession
of the land of Sihon[a] king of Heshbon
and of the land of Og king of Bashan.(A)
23 You multiplied their descendants
like the stars of heaven(B)
and brought them to the land
You told their ancestors to go in and take possession of it.
24 So their descendants went in and possessed the land:
You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before them
and handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them,(C)
to do as they pleased with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 9:22 One Hb ms, LXX; other Hb mss, Vg read Sihon, even the land of the

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