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Joshua 12:2-3

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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. 12:3 His kingdom included 3  the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth 4  to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), 5  including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

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[12:2]  1 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”

[12:2]  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.

[12:3]  3 tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:3]  4 sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[12:3]  5 sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.



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