This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, “Waheb in Suphah ¹  and the wadis, the Arnon

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash,

Hurai ¹  from the valleys of Gaash, Abiel ²  the Arbathite,

and the slope of the valleys ¹  that extends to the dwelling of Ar, ²  and falls off at the border of Moab.”

My brothers ¹  have been as treacherous ²  as a seasonal stream, ³  and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams ⁴  that flow away. ⁵ 

so that they had to live ¹  in the dry stream beds, ²  in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks.

Ahab told Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas ¹  so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill ²  some of the animals.”