12:4 The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, 1 who lived 2 in Ashtaroth and Edrei
18:11 The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin 5 by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. 6
19:10 The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun 7 by its clans. The border of their territory 8 extended to Sarid.
1 tn Heb “from the remnant of the Rephaites.”
sn The Rephaites were apparently an extremely tall ethnic group. See Deut 2:10-11, 20; 3:11.
2 tn Or perhaps “who reigned.”
3 tn Heb “and the land of the Gebalites.”
4 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.” Most modern translations take the phrase “Lebo Hamath” to be a proper name, but often provide a note with the alternative, where “Hamath” is the proper name and לְבוֹא (lÿvo’) is taken to mean “entrance to.”
5 tn Heb “and the lot came up for the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.”
6 tn Heb “and the territory of their allotment went out between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.”
7 tn Heb “and the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun.”
8 tn Or “inheritance.”
9 tn Heb “eastward toward the rising of the sun.”
10 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
11 tn Heb “Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem, twelve cities and their towns.” The words “their territory included” and “in all they had” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
12 tn Heb “in the territory of his inheritance.”