12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land 4 on the east side of the Jordan, 5 from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
1 sn Sidonians were Phoenician inhabitants of the city of Sidon (now in Lebanon), about 47 mi (75 km) north of Mount Carmel.
2 sn Sirion. This name is attested in the Ugaritic texts as sryn. See UT 495.
3 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).
4 tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”
5 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”