And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah;
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Glossary
- Mount Hermon Place
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Biblical mountain. Modern identification: Mount Hermon.
- 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.
- Gilead Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
- 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.