For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.
Þe citee of Esebon was Seons, kyng of Ammorei, which Seon fauyt ayens þe kyng of Moab, and took al þe lond þat was of his lordschip, til to Arnon.