Numbers 21:13-26

13They set out from there and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites.

14Therefore it is stated in the Book of the Lord’s Wars: Waheb in Suphah and the ravines of the Arnon,

15even the slopes of the ravines that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.

16From there they went to Beer, the well the Lord told Moses about, “Gather the people so I may give them water.”

17Then Israel sang this song: Spring up, well — sing to it!

18The princes dug the well; the nobles of the people hollowed it out with a scepter and with their staffs. They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

19from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

20from Bamoth to the valley in the territory of Moab near the Pisgah highlands that overlook the wasteland.

21Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites,

22“Let us travel through your land. We won’t go into the fields or vineyards. We won’t drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway until we have traveled through your territory.”

23But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

24Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.

25Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its surrounding villages.

26Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon.