(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
Parallel translations
- WEB (The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
- 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 maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
- 1 Chr 5:23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
- Song 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
- Ps 133:3As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
- Ezek 27:5They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
- Josh 11:17Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
- Deut 4:48–49From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,
- Ps 89:12The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
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