30 ^a“But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass through, for ^bthe Lord your God ^chardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might deliver him into your hand, as it is this day.  ‡

31 “And the Lord said to me, ‘See, I have begun to ^agive Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to possess it, that you may inherit his land.’  ‡

33 And ^athe Lord our God delivered him¹ over to us; so ^bwe defeated him, his sons, and all his people.  ‡

34 We took all his cities at that time, and we ^autterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining.  ‡