Deuteronomy 3:7-9
English Standard Version
7 But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as our plunder. 8 So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon 9 (the Sidonians call (A)Hermon (B)Sirion, while the Amorites call it (C)Senir),
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Deuteronomy 3:7-9
New International Version
7 But all the livestock(A) and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.
8 So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites(B) the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon.(C) 9 (Hermon is called Sirion(D) by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)(E)
Deuteronomy 3:7-9
New English Translation
7 But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves. 8 So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon[a] 9 (the Sidonians[b] call Hermon Sirion[c] and the Amorites call it Senir),[d]
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- Deuteronomy 3:8 sn Mount Hermon. This is the famous peak at the southern end of the Anti-Lebanon mountain range known today as Jebel es-Sheik.
- Deuteronomy 3:9 sn Sidonians were Phoenician inhabitants of the city of Sidon (now in Lebanon), about 47 mi (75 km) north of Mount Carmel.
- Deuteronomy 3:9 sn Sirion. This name is attested in the Ugaritic texts as sryn. See UT 495.
- Deuteronomy 3:9 sn Senir. Probably this was actually one of the peaks of Hermon and not the main mountain (Song of Songs 4:8; 1 Chr 5:23). It is mentioned in a royal inscription of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (saniru; see ANET 280).
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