²³ But Sihon would not let Israel travel through his territory. Instead, he gathered his whole army and went out to confront Israel in the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz,^(A) he fought against Israel. ²⁴ Israel struck him with the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(B) but only up to the Ammonite border, because it was fortified.^[a]

²⁵ Israel took all the cities and lived in all these Amorite cities, including Heshbon and all its surrounding villages. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken control of all his land as far as the Arnon. ²⁷ Therefore the poets^[b] say:

³³ Then they turned and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan^(A) came out against them with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.^{(B) 34} But the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”^{(C) 35} So they struck him, his sons, and his whole army until no one was left,^[a] and they took possession of his land.^(D)

³² So Sihon and his whole army came out against us for battle at Jahaz. ³³ The Lord our God handed him over to us,^(A) and we defeated him, his sons, and his whole army. ³⁴ At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.^(B)

Defeat of Og of Bashan

3 “Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and King Og of Bashan^(A) came out against us with his whole army to do battle at Edrei.^{(B) 2} But the Lord said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have handed him over to you along with his whole army and his land. Do to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites,^(C) who lived in Heshbon.’ ³ So the Lord our God also handed over King Og of Bashan and his whole army to us. We struck him until there was no survivor left.^(D)

²¹ They completely destroyed^(A) everything in the city with the sword—every man and woman, both young and old, and every ox, sheep, and donkey.