and the eastern Jordan plain from the Sea of Chinneroth as far as the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), the road to Beth Jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth Jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
- KJV And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah:
- BSB as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- NASB and the Arabah as far as the Sea of Chinneroth toward the east, and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, that is, the Salt Sea, eastward toward Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;
- NLT Sihon also controlled the Jordan Valley and regions to the east—from as far north as the Sea of Galilee to as far south as the Dead Sea, including the road to Beth-jeshimoth and southward to the slopes of Pisgah.
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Quick answer
This continues describing Sihon's kingdom, stretching across the Arabah from the Sea of Chinnereth (Galilee) down to the Salt (Dead) Sea.
Overview
The geography traces the full eastern domain Israel inherited from Sihon, including the Jordan rift valley and the slopes of Pisgah where Moses had viewed the land. Such precise detail underscores that the conquest was real history, not legend, and that every parcel of the promised land was accounted for by God's gift.
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- Deut 3:17the Arabah also, and the Jordan and its border, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.
- Josh 11:2and to the kings who were on the north, in the hill country, in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, in the lowland, and in the heights of Dor on the west,
- Josh 13:20Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, Beth Jeshimoth,
- Deut 4:49and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.
- Gen 14:3All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea).
- Gen 19:25He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.
- John 6:1After these things, Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is also called the Sea of Tiberias.
- Josh 15:2Their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looks southward;
- Num 21:20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
- Josh 15:5The east border was the Salt Sea, even to the end of the Jordan. The border of the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.
- Josh 3:16the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over near Jericho.
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