King Sihon Defeated^(A)

²⁶ “And I ^(B)sent messengers from the Wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon, ^(C)with words of peace, saying,

³¹ Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.