¹² Horites^(A) used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did^(B) in the land the Lord gave them as their possession.)

²² The Lord had done the same for the descendants of Esau, who lived in Seir,^(A) when he destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.

⁶ and the Horites^(A) in the hill country of Seir,^(B) as far as El Paran^(C) near the desert.

The People of Seir in Edom^(A)

The Rulers of Edom^(C)

³² When Sihon and all his army came out to meet us in battle^(A) at Jahaz, ³³ the Lord our God delivered^(B) him over to us and we struck him down,^(C) together with his sons and his whole army. ³⁴ At that time we took all his towns and completely destroyed^[a](D) them—men, women and children. We left no survivors. ³⁵ But the livestock^(E) and the plunder^(F) from the towns we had captured we carried off for ourselves. ³⁶ From Aroer^(G) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead,^(H) not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave^(I) us all of them. ³⁷ But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God,^(J) you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites,^(K) neither the land along the course of the Jabbok^(L) nor that around the towns in the hills.

Defeat of Og King of Bashan

3 Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan^(M) with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei.^{(N) 2} The Lord said to me, “Do not be afraid^(O) of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.”

³ So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down,^(P) leaving no survivors.^{(Q) 4} At that time we took all his cities.^(R) There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them—the whole region of Argob, Og’s kingdom^(S) in Bashan.^{(T) 5} All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. ⁶ We completely destroyed^[b] them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying^[c](U) every city—men, women and children. ⁷ But all the livestock^(V) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.

⁸ So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites^(W) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.^{(X) 9} (Hermon is called Sirion^(Y) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)^{(Z) 10} We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah^(AA) and Edrei, towns of Og’s kingdom in Bashan. ¹¹ (Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites.^(AB) His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.^[d] It is still in Rabbah^(AC) of the Ammonites.)

Defeat of Sihon and Og

²¹ Israel sent messengers^(A) to say to Sihon^(B) king of the Amorites:^(C)

²³ But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory.^(E) He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz,^(F) he fought with Israel.^{(G) 24} Israel, however, put him to the sword^(H) and took over his land^(I) from the Arnon to the Jabbok,^(J) but only as far as the Ammonites,^(K) because their border was fortified. ²⁵ Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites^(L) and occupied them,^(M) including Heshbon^(N) and all its surrounding settlements. ²⁶ Heshbon was the city of Sihon^(O) king of the Amorites,^(P) who had fought against the former king of Moab^(Q) and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.^(R)

²⁷ That is why the poets say:

³¹ So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.^(AC)

³² After Moses had sent spies^(AD) to Jazer,^(AE) the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. ³³ Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan^(AF),^(AG) and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.^(AH)

³⁴ The Lord said to Moses, “Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.^(AI)”

³⁵ So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors.^(AJ) And they took possession of his land.^(AK)

²⁰ These were the sons of Seir the Horite,^(A) who were living in the region:

The Rulers of Edom^(K)

³¹ These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king^(L) reigned:

⁴⁰ These were the chiefs^(R) descended from Esau, by name, according to their clans and regions:

This is the family line of Esau, the father of the Edomites.^(S)