Defeat of Sihon King of Heshbon

Deuteronomy 2:24-37

This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you,

But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the Lord your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as he has now done. The Lord said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his country over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.

From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Gorge, and from the town in the gorge, even as far as Gilead, not one town was too strong for us. The Lord our God gave us all of them.  But in accordance with the command of the Lord our God, you did not encroach on any of the land of the Ammonites, neither the land along the course of the Jabbok nor that around the towns in the hills.

War against King Og: land east of the River Jordan settled by the tribes. Og's land was part of the Amorite kingdom. Bashan, famed for its cattle, with the area around was naturally attractive to the stockmen of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh.

Why?

All of the war is under the control of the Lord, even Moses wanted to peacefully pass through the land of Amorite, but king Sihou refused.  

It was the war between Israelites and Sihon, but the Lord has prepared the victory for his people, Israelites. The enemies were terrified and lost their strength, so Israelites can defect them easily.

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這次得勝的意義：將來得勝征服迦南一定得勝。鼓勵以色列人不要怕迦南人身材高大，城牆堅固。透過歷史及實際爭戰的作為教導以色列人。

得勝的祕訣是神掌王權。此時以色列人有能力打仗，特別叮嚀不要去侵撓以掃、羅得的後代亞們人，摩押人的地，他們很聽話，有節制。得勝在於神，人有人的責任： 完全順服，依據神的吩咐。

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How?

The Lord prepares my way and my property. for God's blessing is beyond than what I can predicted or estimated/