Deuteronomy
2:24 ¶ Rise ye up, take your journey,
and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the
Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend
with him in battle. 25 This day will I
begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that
are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall
tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26
And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king
of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, 27
Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will
neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may
eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on
my feet; 29 (As the children of Esau
which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I
shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us
pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart
obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this
day. 31 And the LORD said unto me,
Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess,
that thou mayest inherit his land. 32
Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at
Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered
him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and
utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city,
we left none to remain: 35 Only the
cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we
took. 36 From Aroer, which is by
the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the
river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our
God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto
the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of
the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the
LORD our God forbad us.
I mentioned Sihon’s
destruction in the quotes in the comments in the first chapter of Deuteronomy.
Numbers
21:21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto
Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into
the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go
along by the king’s high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass
through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out
against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against
Israel. 24 And Israel smote him with the
edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the
children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel
dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages
thereof. 26 For Heshbon was the city of
Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab,
and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say,
Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a
flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the
high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee,
Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped,
and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished
even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth
unto Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the
land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent
to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the
Amorites that were there.
Deuteronomy 2:25 brings
to mind the following;
Exodus
15:14 The people shall hear, and be
afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. 15 Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the
mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of
Canaan shall melt away. 16 Fear and
dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as
still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over,
which thou hast purchased.
Exodus
23:27 I will send my fear before thee,
and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all
thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
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