But Sihonwould not permitIsraelto passthroughhis border.So Sihongatheredallhis peopleand wentout againstIsraelin the wilderness,and cameto Jahazand foughtagainst Israel.
Heshbonand Elealehalso cryout, Their voiceis heardallthe wayto Jahaz;Thereforethe armedmen of Moabcryaloud;His soultrembleswithin him.
"Judgmenthas also comeupon the plain,upon Holon,Jahzahand againstMephaath,
"From the outcryat Heshboneven to Elealeh,even to Jahazthey have raisedtheir voice,from Zoareven to Horonaim[and to] Eglath-shelishiyah;for eventhe watersof Nimrimwill becomedesolate.
"Yet it was I who destroyedthe Amoritebeforethem, Though his height[was] like the heightof cedarsAnd he [was] strongas the oaks;I even destroyedhis fruitaboveand his rootbelow.
Edom,however, saidto him, "You shall not passthroughus, orI will comeout with the swordagainstyou."
Thus Edomrefusedto allowIsraelto passthroughhis territory;so Israelturnedawayfrom him.
acrossthe Jordan,in the valleyoppositeBeth-peor,in the landof Sihonkingof the Amoriteswholivedat Heshbon,whomMosesand the sonsof Israeldefeatedwhen they cameout from Egypt.
and Jahazand Kedemothand Mephaath,
But Sihondid not trustIsraelto passthrough his territory;so Sihongatheredallhis peopleand campedin Jahazand foughtwith Israel.
