They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
5:23 The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.
18:3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority 2 to the Euphrates River. 3
1 tc Some LXX
2 tn Heb “hand.”
3 tn Heb “when he went to set up his hand at the Euphrates River.” The Hebrew word יָד (yad, “hand”) is usually understood to mean “control” or “dominion” here. However, since יָד does occasionally refer to a monument, perhaps one could translate, “to set up his monument at the Euphrates River” (i.e., as a visible marker of the limits of his dominion). For another example of the Hiphil of נָצַב (natsav) used with יָד (“monument”), see 1 Sam 15:12.