Defeat of Sihon and Og

²¹ Israel sent messengers^(A) to say to Sihon^(B) king of the Amorites:^(C)

²³ But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.^(E) He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,^(F) he fought with Israel.^{(G) 24} Israel, however, put him to the sword^(H) and took over his land^(I) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(J) but only as far as the Ammonites,^(K) because their border was fortified. ²⁵ Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^(L) and occupied them,^(M) including Heshbon^(N) and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city of Sihon^(O) king of the Amorites,^(P) who had fought against the former king of Moab^(Q) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^(R)

²⁷ That is why the poets say:

³¹ So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.^(AC)

³² After Moses had sent spies^(AD) to Jazer,^(AE) the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. ³³ Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan^(AF),^(AG) and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.^(AH)

³⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.^(AI)”

³⁵ So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors.^(AJ) And they took possession of his land.^(AK)

³³ Then Moses gave to the Gadites,^(A) the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh^(B) son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites^(C) and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan^(D)—the whole land with its cities and the territory around them.^(E)

Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon

²⁴ “Set out now and cross the Arnon Gorge.^(A) See, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite,^(B) king of Heshbon, and his country. Begin to take possession of it and engage^(C) him in battle. ²⁵ This very day I will begin to put the terror^(D) and fear^(E) of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble^(F) and be in anguish because of you.”

²⁶ From the Desert of Kedemoth^(G) I sent messengers to Sihon^(H) king of Heshbon offering peace^(I) and saying, ²⁷ “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the main road; we will not turn aside to the right or to the left.^{(J) 28} Sell us food to eat^(K) and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot^(L)— ²⁹ as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us—until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.” ³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord^(M) your God had made his spirit stubborn^(N) and his heart obstinate^(O) in order to give him into your hands,^(P) as he has now done.

³¹ The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”^(Q)

³² When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle^(R) at Jahaz, ³³ the Lord our God delivered^(S) him over to us and we struck him down,^(T) together with his sons and his whole army. ³⁴ At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed^[a](U) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵ But the livestock^(V) and the plunder^(W) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. ³⁶ From Aroer^(X) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,^(Y) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave^(Z) us all of them. ³⁷ But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God,^(AA) you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites,^(AB) neither the land along the course of the Jabbok^(AC) nor that around the towns in the hills.

Defeat of Og King of Bashan

3 Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan^(AD) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.^{(AE) 2} The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid^(AF) of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

³ So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,^(AG) leaving no survivors.^{(AH) 4} At that time we took all his cities.^(AI) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom^(AJ) in Bashan.^{(AK) 5} All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. ⁶ We completely destroyed^[b] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying^[c](AL) every city—men, women and children. ⁷ But all the livestock^(AM) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

⁸ So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites^(AN) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.^{(AO) 9} (Hermon is called Sirion^(AP) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)^{(AQ) 10} We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah^(AR) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. ¹¹ (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.^(AS) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.^[d] It is still in Rabbah^(AT) of the Ammonites.)

⁷ When you reached this place, Sihon^(A) king of Heshbon^(B) and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.^(C)

⁴ And the Lord will do to them what he did to Sihon and Og,^(A) the kings of the Amorites, whom he destroyed along with their land.

¹⁰ We have heard how the Lord dried up^(A) the water of the Red Sea^[a] for you when you came out of Egypt,^(B) and what you did to Sihon and Og,^(C) the two kings of the Amorites^(D) east of the Jordan,^(E) whom you completely destroyed.^[b](F)

¹⁰ and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan—Sihon king of Heshbon,^(A) and Og king of Bashan,^(B) who reigned in Ashtaroth.^(C)

List of Defeated Kings

12 These are the kings of the land whom the Israelites had defeated and whose territory they took^(A) over east of the Jordan,^(B) from the Arnon^(C) Gorge to Mount Hermon,^(D) including all the eastern side of the Arabah:^(E)