12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived 6 in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley 7 and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
1 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
2 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
3 tn Heb “He”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
4 tn Heb “he”; the implied subject may be Israel, or Joshua (as the commanding general of the army).
5 tn Heb “as he did to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, and as he did to Libnah and its king.” The clauses have been rearranged in the translation for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
7 tc The MT reads here, “and the middle of the valley,” but the reading “the city in the middle of valley” can be reconstructed on the basis of Josh 13:9, 16.
8 tn The words “it encompassed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
9 tn Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”
10 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the fathers) has been specified in the translation for clarity (see the previous verse).
11 tn Or “put darkness between you and the Egyptians.”
12 tn Heb “and he brought over them the sea and covered them.”
13 tn Heb “your eyes saw.”
14 tn Heb “many days.”