Numbers 21:13-26

13They set out from there and camped along the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is also the border between Moab and the Amorites.

14Therefore, it is said in the Book of the Wars of Adonai, “...Vaheb in Suphah and the wadis of the Arnon,

15and the slope of the wadis that leads to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab—”

16And from there—on to Beer. This is the well where Adonai said to Moses, “Gather the people and I will give them water.”

17Then Israel sang this song, “Spring up, O well! Sing about it!”

18The well the princes dug, that the nobles of the people sank with their scepter and their staffs.” From the wilderness they went on to Mattanah.

19From Mattanah they went on to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

20and from Bamoth to the valley in the field of Moab where the peak of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.

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

22“Permit us to pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard nor drink water from the wells. We will travel on the king’s highway until we will have passed through your territory.”

23But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. Instead, Sihon called out his entire army and marched out into the desert to oppose Israel. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.

24But Israel struck him by the sword’s edge and conquered his land from Arnon to Jabbok as far as the Ammonites, because the border of the sons of Ammon was fortified.

25Israel conquered all these cities and occupied all the Amorite cities, Heshbon and all its towns.

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