Discovery BoxJoshua 12:2 
Context12:2 King Sihon of the Amorites who lived 1 in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) – including the city in the middle of the valley 2 and half of Gilead – all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory.
Joshua 13:3
Context13:3 from the Shihor River 3 east of 4 Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), 5 including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land 6
Joshua 13:21
Context13:21 It encompassed 7 all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). 8
1 tn Or perhaps, “reigned.”
2 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.
3 tn Heb “the Shihor”; the word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied to clarify the meaning.
4 tn Heb “in front of.”
5 tn Heb “it is reckoned to the Canaanites.”
6 tn Heb “the five lords of the Philistines, the Gazaite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gathite, and the Ekronite, and the Avvites.”
7 tn The words “it encompassed” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
8 tn Heb “princes of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.”
