Joshua 13:9-12
Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge( including the town in the middle of the gorge) to the plain beyond Medeba, as far as Dibon.It also included all the towns of King Sihon of the Amorites, who had reigned in Heshbon, and extended as far as the borders of Ammon.It included Gilead, the territory of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah, all of Mount Hermon, all of Bashan as far as Salecah,and all the territory of King Og of Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei. King Og was the last of the Rephaites, for Moses had attacked them and driven them out.
Deuteronomy 2:26-3:17
Moses continued,“ From the wilderness of Kedemoth I sent ambassadors to King Sihon of Heshbon with this proposal of peace:‘ Let us travel through your land. We will stay on the main road and won’t turn off into the fields on either side.Sell us food to eat and water to drink, and we will pay for it. All we want is permission to pass through your land.The descendants of Esau who live in Seir allowed us to go through their country, and so did the Moabites, who live in Ar. Let us pass through until we cross the Jordan into the land the Lord our God is giving us.’“ But King Sihon of Heshbon refused to allow us to pass through, because the Lord your God made Sihon stubborn and defiant so he could help you defeat him, as he has now done.“ Then the Lord said to me,‘ Look, I have begun to hand King Sihon and his land over to you. Begin now to conquer and occupy his land.’“ Then King Sihon declared war on us and mobilized his forces at Jahaz.But the Lord our God handed him over to us, and we crushed him, his sons, and all his people.We conquered all his towns and completely destroyed everyone— men, women, and children. Not a single person was spared.We took all the livestock as plunder for ourselves, along with anything of value from the towns we ransacked.“ The Lord our God also helped us conquer Aroer on the edge of the Arnon Gorge, and the town in the gorge, and the whole area as far as Gilead. No town had walls too strong for us.However, we avoided the land of the Ammonites all along the Jabbok River and the towns in the hill country— all the places the Lord our God had commanded us to leave alone.“ Next we turned and headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his entire army attacked us at Edrei.But the Lord told me,‘ Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his entire army, and I will give you all his land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.’“ So the Lord our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. Not a single person survived.We conquered all sixty of his towns— the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. Not a single town escaped our conquest.These towns were all fortified with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time.We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered— men, women, and children alike.But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns.“ So we took the land of the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River— all the way from the Arnon Gorge to Mount Hermon.( Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.)We had now conquered all the cities on the plateau and all Gilead and Bashan, as far as the towns of Salecah and Edrei, which were part of Og’s kingdom in Bashan.( King Og of Bashan was the last survivor of the giant Rephaites. His bed was made of iron and was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide. It can still be seen in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)“ When we took possession of this land, I gave to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the territory beyond Aroer along the Arnon Gorge, plus half of the hill country of Gilead with its towns.Then I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan— Og’s former kingdom— to the half tribe of Manasseh.( This entire Argob region of Bashan used to be known as the land of the Rephaites.Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered the whole Argob region in Bashan, all the way to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites. Jair renamed this region after himself, calling it the Towns of Jair, as it is still known today.)I gave Gilead to the clan of Makir.But I also gave part of Gilead to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The area I gave them extended from the middle of the Arnon Gorge in the south to the Jabbok River on the Ammonite frontier.They also received the Jordan Valley, all the way from the Sea of Galilee down to the Dead Sea, with the Jordan River serving as the western boundary. To the east were the slopes of Pisgah.
Numbers 21:21-35
The Israelites sent ambassadors to King Sihon of the Amorites with this message:“ Let us travel through your land. We will be careful not to go through your fields and vineyards. We won’t even drink water from your wells. We will stay on the king’s road until we have passed through your territory.”But King Sihon refused to let them cross his territory. Instead, he mobilized his entire army and attacked Israel in the wilderness, engaging them in battle at Jahaz.But the Israelites slaughtered them with their swords and occupied their land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River. They went only as far as the Ammonite border because the boundary of the Ammonites was fortified.So Israel captured all the towns of the Amorites and settled in them, including the city of Heshbon and its surrounding villages.Heshbon had been the capital of King Sihon of the Amorites. He had defeated a former Moabite king and seized all his land as far as the Arnon River.Therefore, the ancient poets wrote this about him:“ Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt! Let the city of Sihon be restored.A fire flamed forth from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It burned the city of Ar in Moab; it destroyed the rulers of the Arnon heights.What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.We have utterly destroyed them, from Heshbon to Dibon. We have completely wiped them out as far away as Nophah and Medeba.”So the people of Israel occupied the territory of the Amorites.After Moses sent men to explore the Jazer area, they captured all the towns in the region and drove out the Amorites who lived there.Then they turned and marched up the road to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and all his people attacked them at Edrei.The Lord said to Moses,“ Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you, along with all his people and his land. Do the same to him as you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.”And Israel killed King Og, his sons, and all his subjects; not a single survivor remained. Then Israel occupied their land.
