12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived 1 in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley 2 and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land 5 on the east side of the Jordan, 6 from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
1 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
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.
3 tn Heb “There was not a word from all which Moses commanded that Joshua did not read aloud.”
4 tn Heb “walked in their midst.”
5 tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”
6 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”
7 tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.