Deuteronomy 3:9

Sidonians, call Hermon Sirion,—but, the Amorites, call it Senir.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

( Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)

In Context

8Thus did we at that time take the land out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites (which was over the Jordan),—from the ravine of Arnon as far as Mount Hermon.

10All the cities of the table-land, and all Gilead, and all Bashan,—unto Salecah, and Edrei,—cities of the kingdom of Og, in Bashan.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:48from Aroer which is on the edge of the ravine of Arnon, even unto Mount Sion, the same, is Hermon;

1 Chronicles 5:23And, the sons of the half tribe of Manasseh, dwelt in the land,—from Bashan, as far as to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon, they, were multiplied.

Psalms 89:12The north and the south, Thou, didst create them,—Tabor and Hermon, with thy Name, shall shout for joy:

Song of Solomon 4:8With me, from Lebanon, O bride, with me, from Lebanon, shalt thou enter,—Thou shalt look round from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir, and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 3:2-12

Sihon and Og Subdued. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the Lord our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was… Read the whole commentary →

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