Deuteronomy 2:24-36

24⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Now break camp. Cross the Arnon Valley. I’m going to hand King Sihon of Heshbon, the Amorite, over to you. Fight him, and take possession of his country.

25Today I will start to make all the people under heaven terrified of you. When they hear about you, they will tremble and shake because of you.”

26From the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following offer of peace:

27“If you allow us to travel through your country, we’ll go straight through and won’t ever leave the road.

28We’ll pay you in silver for the food we eat and the water we drink. Please let us go through,

29as the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir, and the Moabites, who live in Ar, did for us. We’ll keep going until we cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God is giving us.”

30But King Sihon of Heshbon wouldn’t allow us to pass through. The Lord your God made him stubborn and overconfident in order to hand him over to you, as he has now done.

31The Lord said to me, “I have begun to give you Sihon and his country. Go ahead! Take possession of his land.”

32Sihon and all his troops came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz.

33The Lord our God gave Sihon to us, and we defeated him, his sons, and all his troops.

34At that time we captured all his cities and claimed them for God by destroying men, women, and children. There were no survivors.

35However, we did loot the cities that we captured, taking the cattle and goods.

36From Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Valley and the city in that valley as far as Gilead, no city had walls that could keep us out. The Lord our God gave us all of them.