Deuteronomy 2:24-26

Context

2:24 Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon,¹ and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war! 2:25 This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth² with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach.”³

Defeat of Sihon, King of Heshbon

2:26 Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth⁴ Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace:

[2:24] ¹sn Heshbon is the name of a prominent site (now Tell Hesba„n, about 7.5 mi [12 km] south southwest of Amman, Jordan). Sihon made it his capital after having driven Moab from the area and forced them south to the Arnon (Num 21:26-30). Heshbon is also mentioned in Deut 1:4.

[2:25] ²tn Heb “under heaven” (so NIV, NRSV).

[2:25] ³tn Heb “from before you.”

[2:26] ⁴sn Kedemoth. This is probably Aleiyan, about 8 mi (13 km) north of the Arnon and between Dibon and Mattanah.