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Sihon also controlled the eastern side of the Jordan River valley from Lake Galilee[a] south to Beth-Jeshimoth and the Dead Sea. In addition to these regions, he ruled the town called Slopes of Mount Pisgah[b] and the land south of there at the foot of the hill.

Next, Moses and the Israelites defeated King Og of Bashan,[c] who lived in the town of Ashtaroth part of each year and in Edrei the rest of the year. Og was one of the last of the Rephaim.[d] His kingdom stretched north to Mount Hermon, east to the town of Salecah, and included the land of Bashan as far west as the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah. He also ruled the northern half of Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. 12.3 Lake Galilee: See the note at 11.2.
  2. 12.3 the town called Slopes of Mount Pisgah: Or “the slopes of Mount Pisgah.”
  3. 12.4 King Og of Bashan: See Numbers 21.33-35.
  4. 12.4 Rephaim: Perhaps a group of very large people that lived in Palestine before the Israelites (see Deuteronomy 2.10,11, 20,21).

He also ruled over the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Galilee[a](A) to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea(B)), to Beth Jeshimoth,(C) and then southward below the slopes of Pisgah.(D)

And the territory of Og king of Bashan,(E) one of the last of the Rephaites,(F) who reigned in Ashtaroth(G) and Edrei.

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salekah,(H) all of Bashan(I) to the border of the people of Geshur(J) and Maakah,(K) and half of Gilead(L) to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 12:3 Hebrew Kinnereth