18. The well which the princes dug,which the leaders of the people openedwith their scepters and their staffs.”And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;
19. and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
20. and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness.
21. Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
22. “Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”
23. But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel.
24. But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended.
25. So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.
26. For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon.
27. That is why those who speak in proverbs say,“Come to Heshbon, let it be built.Let the city of Sihon be established!
28. For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon.It has consumed Ar of Moaband the lords of the high places of Arnon.