Yosua 12:2-3

12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived ¹  in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley ²  and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory. 12:3 His kingdom included ³  the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth ⁴  to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), ⁵  including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

[12:2]  ¹ tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”

[12:2]  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.

[12:3]  ³ tn The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[12:3]  ⁴ sn The Sea of Kinnereth is another name for the Sea of Galilee. See the note on the word “Kinnereth” in 11:2.

[12:3]  ⁵ sn The Salt Sea is another name for the Dead Sea.