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25-26 So Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and lived in them, including the city of Heshbon, which had been King Sihon’s capital. 27-30 The ancient poets had referred to King Sihon in this poem:

Come to Heshbon,

King Sihon’s capital,

For a fire has flamed forth

And devoured

The city of Ar in Moab,

On the heights of the Arnon River.

Woe to Moab!

You are finished,

O people of Chemosh;

Your sons have fled,

And your daughters are captured

By King Sihon of the Amorites.

He has destroyed

The little children

And the men and women

As far as Dibon, Nophah, and Medeba.

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