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Deuteronomy 3:8-9
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Deuteronomy 3:8-9
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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).
Joshua 11:3
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Joshua 11:3
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3 Canaanites came[a] from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area[b] of Mizpah.
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- Joshua 11:3 tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).
- Joshua 11:3 tn Or “land.”
Joshua 11:17
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Joshua 11:17
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17 from Mount Halak up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them.[a]
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- Joshua 11:17 tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”
1 Chronicles 5:23
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1 Chronicles 5:23
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The Half-Tribe of Manasseh
23 The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.
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