Deuteronomy 2:26-37

International Children’s Bible

²⁶ I sent messengers from the desert of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon. They offered him peace. They said, ²⁷ “Let us pass through your country. We will stay on the road. We will not turn right or left. ²⁸ We will pay you in silver for any food we eat or water we drink. We only want to walk through your country. ²⁹ The descendants of Esau in Edom let us go through their land. So did the Moabites in Ar. We want to cross the Jordan River into the land the Lord our God has given us.” ³⁰ But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass. The Lord your God had made him stubborn. The Lord wanted you to defeat Sihon. And now this has happened.

³¹ The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to give Sihon and his country to you. Begin taking the land as your own.”

³² Then Sihon and all his army came out. And they fought us at Jahaz. ³³ But the Lord our God gave Sihon to us. We defeated him, his sons and all his army. ³⁴ We captured all his cities. We completely destroyed them, the men, women and children. We left no one alive. ³⁵ But we kept the cattle and valuable things from the cities for ourselves. ³⁶ We defeated Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Ravine. And we defeated the town in the ravine, and even Gilead. No town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave us all of them. ³⁷ But you did not go near the land of the Ammonites. You did not go near the shores of the Jabbok River. You did not go near the towns in the mountains. This was what the Lord our God had commanded.