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Joshua 12:2-4
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Joshua 12:2-4
New English Translation
2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived[a] in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley)—including the city in the middle of the valley[b] and half of Gilead—all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory. 3 His kingdom included[c] the eastern rift valley from the Sea of Kinnereth[d] to the sea of the rift valley (the Salt Sea),[e] including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.[f]
4 The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites,[g] who lived[h] in Ashtaroth and Edrei
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- Joshua 12:2 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
- Joshua 12:2 tc The MT reads here “and the middle of the valley,” but the reading “the city in the middle of valley” can be reconstructed on the basis of Josh 13:9, 16.
- Joshua 12:3 tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
- Joshua 12:3 sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.
- Joshua 12:3 sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.
- Joshua 12:3 sn The slopes of Pisgah lie east of the northern tip of the Dead Sea.
- Joshua 12:4 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
- Joshua 12:4 tn Or perhaps “who reigned.”
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