Deuteronomy 3:8
6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.
7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
9 ( Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
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- BSB
- At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land across the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley as far as Mount Hermon—
- KJV
- And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;
- WEB
- We took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon.
- ASV
- And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon;
- DARBY
- And we took at that time the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites, that were on this side the Jordan, from the river Arnon to mount Hermon
- BLB
- And at that time we took the land from the hand of the two kings of the Amorite, who [were] on this side of the Jordan, from the River Arnon to Mount Hermon—
- ÅB
- Slik tok vi dengang landet fra begge amoritterkongene på denne side[^1] av Jordan, fra Arnon-åen like til fjellet Hermon -
- OTB
- På den tiden tok vi landet fra de to amorittkongene som var bortenfor Jordan, fra Arnon-dalen til Hermon-fjellet.
- B1930
- Således tok vi dengang landet fra begge amoritterkongene på denne side av Jordan, fra Arnon-åen like til fjellet Hermon - / < østenfor.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 13:9–12
From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon;
Read in contextJoshua 12:2–6
Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Read in contextNumbers 32:33–42
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
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