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King Sihon of the Amorites who lived[a] in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley)—including the city in the middle of the valley[b] and half of Gilead—all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 12:2 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
  2. Joshua 12:2 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.

Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.(A)

He ruled from Aroer(B) on the rim of the Arnon Gorge—from the middle of the gorge—to the Jabbok River,(C) which is the border of the Ammonites.(D) This included half of Gilead.(E)

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