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Lexicon :: Strong's H1366 - gᵊḇûl

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גְּבוּל
Transliteration
gᵊḇûl
Pronunciation
gheb-ool'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 307a

Strong’s Definitions

גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x

The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 241x
The KJV translates Strong's H1366 in the following manner: border (158x), coast (69x), bound (5x), landmark (4x), space (2x), limit (1x), quarters (1x), non translated variant (1x).

  1. border, territory

    1. border

    2. territory (enclosed within boundary)

    3. region, territory (of darkness) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl, gheb-ool'; or גְּבֻל gᵉbul; (shortened) from H1379; properly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territory inclosed:—border, bound, coast, × great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
STRONGS H1366: Abbreviations
גבול(ח) Joshua 15:47 Kt; read הַגָּדוֺל Vrss. Manuscripts compare Joshua 15:12.

גְּבוּל 240 noun masculineNumbers 34 border, boundary, territory (Late Hebrew id., Punic gubulim (plural, PlautPoen. i. 9) — גָּבוּל Genesis 10:19 + 168 times + Joshua 15:47 Kt (but read Qr גָּדוֺל); גְּבֻל Numbers 21:13 + 9 times; (both, in absolute & construct, e.g. absolute Numbers 22:36; Numbers 34:8, construct Genesis 10:19; 2 Samuel 21:5); suffix גְּבוּלִי 1 Chronicles 4:10, גְּבוּלְךָ Exodus 7:27, גְבֻלְךָ Exodus 23:31 + 3 times, etc.; plural (8 times) only suffix גְּבוּלֶיךָ Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:3, etc.; —
1. border, boundary,
a. of a land or people: Canaanites Genesis 10:19 (J), Edom Numbers 20:23; Joshua 15:1, 21 (all P) compare Obadiah 7, Amorites Numbers 21:13 (E) Joshua 13:4 (D) compare Joshua 12:5 (D) Judges 1:36, Moab Numbers 21:13, 15; Numbers 22:36 (E) Numbers 33:44 (P) Deuteronomy 2:18; Judges 11:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 3:21; Isaiah 15:8, Ammon Numbers 21:24 (E) Deuteronomy 3:16; Joshua 12:2; Joshua 13:10 (all D) Amos 1:3, Bashan Joshua 12:4 (D), Egypt 1 Kings 5:1 = 2 Chronicles 9:26; Isaiah 19:19; especially of promised land Exodus 23:31; Exodus 34:24 (JE) Numbers 34:3+ + 13 times Numbers 34 (all P) Deuteronomy 11:24; Deuteronomy 12:20; Deuteronomy 16:4; Joshua 1:4 (D), compare Ezekiel 45:1 + 10 times Ezekiel 45-48; also of Israel 2 Kings 14:25; Amos 6:2; Malachi 1:5.
b. boundary of smaller divisions, e.g. Geshurites Deuteronomy 3:14; Joshua 12:5; Joshua 13:11 (all D), compare Joshua 16:2, 3(J) Joshua 19:12 (P); especially of tribes of Israel Deuteronomy 3:16, 17; Joshua 13:30 (all D) Joshua 13:16 + 60 times Joshua 13-19 (P); — Joshua 15:47 read גדול see above; Joshua 22:25 (P) & Joshua 17:8; Joshua 18:11; Joshua 24:30 (JE), compare 1 Chronicles 6:39; 1 Chronicles 6:51; 2 Chronicles 11:13; Ezekiel 48:1 + 15 times Ezekiel 48 (including Ezekiel 48:22; Ezekiel 48:22 q. strike out Co); — in 1 Samuel 13:18 read for גְּבוּל, הַגֶּבַע Greek Version of the LXX We Dr.
†c. boundary of territory belonging to an individual, — of field, piece of ground, etc. Genesis 23:17 (P) Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Joshua 24:30 (E) = Judges 2:9; 1 Chronicles 4:10; Proverbs 15:25; Proverbs 22:28; Proverbs 23:10; Hosea 5:10.
†d. border of stream Numbers 22:36.
†e. limit to waters of deep Psalm 104:9 compare Jeremiah 5:22.
†f. a concrete object marking limit,
(α) barrier in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:12 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Co) Ezekiel 40:12;
(β) border of altar Ezekiel 43:13, 17, 20;
(γ) surrounding wall of restored Zion Isaiah 54:12 (so Greek Version of the LXX Ew Kn Che; De Brd territory, Di undecided).
†2. territory (enclosed within boundary),
a. of land or people Genesis 47:21 (J) Exodus 7:27 (P) Exodus 10:4, 14 (|| ארץ) Exodus 10:19; Exodus 13:7 (all J), Numbers 20:16, 17, 21; Numbers 21:22 (E; || ארץ) = Judges 11:20; Numbers 21:23 (E) Deuteronomy 2:4; Deuteronomy 19:3 (אַרְצְךָ גּ׳) Deuteronomy 19:8; Deuteronomy 28:40; Joshua 18:5 (twice in verse) (E) Judges 11:22; Judges 19:29; 2 Samuel 21:5; 1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 10:32; 1 Chronicles 21:12 (|| ארץ) Psalm 105:31 (= ארץ in || Ezekiel 8:16, 17) Psalm 8:33; Psalm 147:14; Jeremiah 31:17; Ezekiel 11:10, 11; Joel 3:6; Zephaniah 2:8.
b. territory of a city (or limit of such territory) Numbers 35:26, 27; Joshua 13:26; Judges 1:18 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:16 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:17 (twice in verse) (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co) Ezekiel 48:1; Amos 6:2.
†c. territory about Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 43:12.
†d. plural in like sense (only use of plural), of land Micah 5:5; Isaiah 60:18 (|| ארץ) Jeremiah 15:13; Jeremiah 17:13, of city 1 Samuel 5:6; 2 Kings 15:16; 2 Kings 18:8; so Ezekiel 27:4 of Tyre.
†e. figurative territory (region) of darkness Job 38:20; territory of wickedness Malachi 1:4 (of Edom); territory of his holiness Psalm 78:54 (of Canaan).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:19; 10:19; 10:19; 23:17; 47:21

Exodus

10:4; 10:14; 10:19; 13:7; 23:31; 23:31; 34:24

Numbers

20:16; 20:17; 20:21; 20:23; 21:13; 21:13; 21:13; 21:15; 21:22; 21:23; 21:24; 22:36; 22:36; 22:36; 33:44; 34; 34; 34:3; 34:8; 35:26; 35:27

Deuteronomy

2:4; 2:18; 3:14; 3:16; 3:16; 3:17; 11:24; 12:20; 16:4; 19:3; 19:8; 19:14; 27:17; 28:40

Joshua

1:4; 12:2; 12:4; 12:5; 12:5; 13; 13:4; 13:10; 13:11; 13:16; 13:26; 13:30; 14; 15; 15:1; 15:12; 15:21; 15:47; 15:47; 15:47; 16; 16:2; 16:3; 17; 17:8; 18; 18:5; 18:11; 19; 19:12; 22:25; 24:30; 24:30

Judges

1:18; 1:36; 2:9; 11:18; 11:20; 11:22; 19:29

1 Samuel

5:6; 13:18

2 Samuel

21:5; 21:5

1 Kings

1:3; 5:1

2 Kings

3:21; 10:32; 14:25; 15:16; 18:8

1 Chronicles

4:10; 4:10; 6:39; 6:51; 21:12

2 Chronicles

9:26; 11:13

Job

38:20

Psalms

78:54; 104:9; 105:31; 147:14

Proverbs

15:25; 22:28; 23:10

Isaiah

15:8; 19:19; 54:12; 60:18

Jeremiah

5:22; 15:13; 15:13; 17:3; 17:13; 31:17

Ezekiel

8:16; 8:17; 11:10; 11:11; 27:4; 40:12; 40:12; 43:12; 43:13; 43:17; 43:20; 45; 45:1; 46; 47; 47:16; 47:17; 48; 48; 48:1; 48:1; 48:22; 48:22

Hosea

5:10

Joel

3:6

Amos

1:3; 6:2; 6:2

Obadiah

1:7

Micah

5:5

Zephaniah

2:8

Malachi

1:4; 1:5

H1366

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Strong's Number H1366 matches the Hebrew גְּבוּל (gᵊḇûl),
which occurs 240 times in 196 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 10:19–Jos 12:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:19 - And the boundaries of the Chananites were from Sidon till one comes to Gerara and Gaza, till one comes to Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, as far as Dasa.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:17 - And the field of Ephron, which was in Double Cave, which is opposite Mambre, the field and the cave, which was in it, and every tree which was in the field, and whatever is in its borders round about, were made sure

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:21 - And he brought the people into bondage to him, for servants, from one extremity of Egypt to the other,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:2 - (LXX 7:27) And if thou wilt not send them forth, behold, I afflict all thy borders with frogs:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:4 - But if thou wilt not send my people away, behold, at this hour to-morrow I will bring an abundance of locusts upon all thy coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:14 - and brought them up over all the land of Egypt. And they rested in very great abundance over all the borders of Egypt. Before them there were not such locusts, neither after them shall there be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - And the Lord brought in the opposite direction a strong wind from the sea, and took up the locusts and cast them into the Red Sea, and there was not one locust left in all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:7 - Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven in all thy borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:31 - And I will set thy borders from the Red Sea, to the sea of the Phylistines, and from the wilderness to the great river Euphrates; and I will give into your hand those that dwell in the land, and will cast them out from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:24 - For when I shall have cast out the nations before thy face, and shall have enlarged thy coasts, no one shall desire thy land, whenever thou mayest go up to appear before the Lord thy God, three times in the year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - And we cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard our voice, and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt; and now we are in the city of Cades, at the extremity of thy coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:21 - So Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Israel turned away from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:23 - And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Or, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - And they departed thence and encamped on the other side of Arnon in the wilderness, the country which extends from the coasts of the [fn]Amorites; for Arnon is the borders of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:15 - And he has appointed brooks to cause Er to dwell there; and it lies near to the coasts of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - We will not drink water out of thy well; we will go by the king's highway, until we have past thy boundaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:23 - And Seon did not allow Israel to pass through his borders, and Seon gathered all his people, and went out to set the battle in array against Israel into the wilderness; and he came to Jassa, and set the battle in array against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:24 - And Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and they became possessors of his land, from Arnon to Jaboc, as far as the children of Amman, for Jazer is the borders of the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:36 - And when Balac heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which is on the borders of Arnon, which is on the extreme part of the borders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:44 - And they departed from Oboth, and encamped in Gai, on the other side Jordan on the borders of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:3 - And your southern side shall be from the wilderness of Sin to the border of Edom, and your border southward shall [fn]extend on the side of the salt sea eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:4 - And your border shall go round you from the south to the ascent of Acrabin, and shall proceed by Ennac, and the going forth of it shall be southward to Cades Barne, and it shall go forth to the village of Arad, and shall proceed by Asemona.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:5 - And the border shall compass from Asemona to the river of Egypt, and the sea shall be the termination.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:6 - And ye shall have your border on the [fn]west, the great sea shall be the boundary: this shall be to you the border on the west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7 - And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea ye shall measure to yourselves, by the side of [fn]the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:8 - And ye shall measure to yourselves the mountain from mount Hor at the entering in to Emath, and the termination of it shall be the coasts of Saradac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:9 - And the border shall go out to Dephrona, and its termination shall be at Arsenain; this shall be your border from the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:10 - And ye shall measure to yourselves the eastern border from Arsenain to Sepphamar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - And the border shall go down from Sepphamar to Bela eastward to the fountains, and the border shall go down from Bela behind the sea Chenereth eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:12 - And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the termination shall be the salt sea; this shall be your land and its borders round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - But if the slayer should in any wise go out beyond the bounds of the city whither he fled for refuge,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:27 - and the avenger of blood should find him without the bounds of the city of his refuge, and the avenger of blood should kill the slayer, he is not guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:4 - And charge the people, saying, Ye are going through the borders of your brethren the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir; and they shall fear you, and dread you greatly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:18 - Thou shalt pass over this day the borders of Moab [fn]to Aroer;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:14 - And Jair the son of Manasse took all the country round about Argob as far as the borders of Gargasi and Machathi: he called them by his name Basan Thavoth Jair until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:16 - And to Ruben and to Gad I gave the land under Galaad as far as the brook of Arnon, the border between the brook and as far as Jaboc; the brook is the border to the children of Amman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:17 - And Araba and Jordan are the boundary of Machanareth, even to the sea of Araba, the salt sea under Asedoth Phasga eastward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:24 - Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours; from the wilderness and Antilibanus, and from the great river, the river Euphrates, even as far as the west sea shall be your coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:20 - And if the Lord thy God shall enlarge thy borders, as he said to thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh; if thy soul should desire to eat flesh, thou shalt eat flesh [fn]according to all the desire of thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:4 - Leaven shall not be seen with thee in all thy borders for seven days, and there shall not be left of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice at even on the first day until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - Take a survey of thy way, and thou shalt divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God apportions to thee, into three parts, and there shall be there a refuge for every manslayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:8 - And if the Lord shall enlarge thy borders, as he sware to thy fathers, and the Lord shall give to thee all the land which he said he would give to thy fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:14 - Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - Cursed is he that removes his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:40 - Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly [fn]cast its fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:4 - The wilderness and Antilibanus, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, and as far as the [fn]extremity of the sea; your coasts shall be from the setting of the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon, ruling from Arnon, which is in the valley, [fn]on the side of the valley, and half of Galaad as far as Jaboc, the borders of the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - And Og king of Basan, who dwelt in Astaroth and in Edrain, was left of the giants

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - ruling from mount Aermon and from Secchai, and over all the land of Basan to the borders of Gergesi, and Machi, and the half of Galaad of the borders of Seon king of Esebon.

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