From the desert of Kedemoth, I sent messengers to King Sihon of Heshbon with the following offer of peace:
Mordecai sent official documents granting peace and security to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes.
Then Israel sent messengers to say to King Sihon of the Amorites,
This was after he had defeated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.
“If you allow us to travel through your country, we’ll go straight through and won’t ever leave the road.
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
Kedemoth, and Mephaath.
“Then the people of Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites. Sihon ruled from Heshbon. The people of Israel said to him, ‘Please let us go through your land to our own.’