Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. ¹ 

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, ¹  the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, ¹  those who pray to me ²  will bring me tribute.

For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, ¹ 

Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,

“Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates – all of you stay far away from there!

“Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles –

He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan ¹  shot the arrow beyond him.

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. ¹ 

He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’” ¹ 

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius.

and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies!

Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, ‘May the Lord be magnified ¹  even beyond the border of Israel!’”

And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, “Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?”

When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to ¹  the servant, “Isn’t the arrow further beyond you?”

Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from ¹  beyond the Euphrates River, ²  and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer’s army, led them. ³ 

Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah.

Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River – this good hill country and the Lebanon!” ¹ 

The other half of Manasseh, ¹  Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, ²  just as Moses, the Lord’s servant, had assigned them.