Yosua 13:9-12

13:9 Their territory started ¹  from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon, 13:10 and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border. 13:11 Their territory also included ²  Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah – 13:12 the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) ³  Moses defeated them and took their lands. ⁴ 

[13:9]  ¹ tn The words “their territory started” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:11]  ² tn The words “their territory also included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:12]  ³ tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”

[13:12]  sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.

[13:12]  ⁴ tn Or “dispossessed them.”