And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
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Glossary
- Mount Hermon Place
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Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Mount Hermon.
- Gilead Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
- Heshbon Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Hesban.
- Bashan Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Saham al Jawlan.
- Geshur Place
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Bridge, the name of a district or principality of Syria near Gilead, between Mount Hermon and the Lake of Tiberias ( 2 Sam. 15:8 ; 1 Chr. 2:23 ). Modern identification: Fiq.
- Maacah Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Abel Beth Maacah.
- Salecah Place
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Wandering, a city of Bashan assigned to the half tribe of Manasseh ( Deut. 3:10 ; Josh. 12:5 ; 13:11 ), identified with Salkhad, about 56 miles east of Jordan.