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26 Heshbon was the capital city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who fought against the previous king of Moab and captured all his land from his capital city[a] to Arnon. 27 Therefore the ones who speak in proverbs say:

Come to Heshbon
    and let it be built!
        Let the city of Sihon be established!
28 A fire has gone out from Heshbon,
    and a flame from the city of Sihon.
It consumed Ar of Moab
    and the lords of the high places who lived in Arnon.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 21:26 Lit. his hand