26. Now Heshbon was the city of Sihon the Amorite king who had fought against the former king of Moab. He had taken all his land from him as far as the Arnon.
27. Therefore, the poets say:"Come to Heshbon, let it be built.Let the city of Sihon be established.
28. Fire went out from Heshbon,flame from Sihon’s city.It consumed Ar of Moaband swallowed up the shrines of the Arnon.
29. You are doomed, Moab!You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!He gave his sons as fugitives,and his daughters as captivesto the Amorite king Sihon.
30. Yet we have thrown them down,destroying themfrom Heshbon to Dibon.We brought ruin until Nophah,which is by Medeba."
31. Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.
32. Moses sent spies to Jazer. They captured its villages and took possession of the Amorites who were there.