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His kingdom included[a] the eastern rift valley from the Sea of Kinnereth[b] to the sea of the rift valley (the Salt Sea),[c] including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.[d]

The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites,[e] who lived[f] in Ashtaroth and Edrei and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon.

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  1. Joshua 12:3 tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Joshua 12:3 sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.
  3. Joshua 12:3 sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.
  4. Joshua 12:3 sn The slopes of Pisgah lie east of the northern tip of the Dead Sea.
  5. Joshua 12:4 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
  6. Joshua 12:4 tn Or perhaps “who reigned.”

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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  1. Joshua 12:3 Hebrew Kinnereth