12:1 Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land 7 on the east side of the Jordan, 8 from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah:
1 tn The words “their territory also included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 tn The verb “came” is supplied in the translation (see v. 4).
3 tn Or “land.”
3 tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”
4 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”
4 tn Heb “and struck them down and killed them.”
5 tn Heb “and took possession of their land.”
6 tn Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”