(The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
Parallel translations
- KJV (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- BSB which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
- NKJV (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir),
- NASB (Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir):
- NLT (Mount Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
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A parenthetical notes that Hermon was called Sirion by the Sidonians and Senir by the Amorites. It clarifies place names for readers.
Overview
This brief aside records the various names neighboring peoples used for Mount Hermon. Such geographical notes anchor the narrative in real places and aid later readers. They reflect the historical concreteness of Deuteronomy's account.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 29:6He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.
- 1 Chr 5:23The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
- Song 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Ps 133:3like the dew of Hermon, that comes down on the hills of Zion: for there Yahweh gives the blessing, even life forever more.
- Ezek 27:5They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
- Josh 11:17from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon. He took all their kings, struck them, and put them to death.
- Deut 4:48–49from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Sion (also called Hermon),
- Ps 89:12The north and the south, you have created them. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
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