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Deuteronomy 3:9
9(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir),
Deuteronomy 3:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
- New International Version (NIV)(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.)
- English Standard Version (ESV)(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir),
- New King James Version (NKJV)(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir),
Context of Deuteronomy 3:9
7But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves. 8So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir), 10all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.)
Read all of Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 3:9 word by word
צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י יִקְרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ שְׂנִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:9
- Deuteronomy 4:48Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon – that is, Hermon –
- Psalms 29:6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.
- Psalms 89:12You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
- Psalms 133:3It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available – eternal life.
- 1 Chronicles 5:23The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.
- Ezekiel 27:5They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Hermon the Sidonians call - Shenir - I suppose this verse to have been a marginal remark, which afterwards got incorporated with the text, or an addition by Joshua or Ezra.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Hermon, the southern and culminating point of the range of Lebanon, was also the religious center of primaeval Syria. Its Baal sanctuaries not only existed but gave it a name before the Exodus. Hence, the careful specification of the various names by which the mountain was known. The Sidonian name of it might easily have become known to Moses through the constant traffic which had gone on from the most ancient times between Sidon and Egypt.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The alternative names Sirion and Senir suggest that the Israelites may have given Hermon its name later. Hermon is apparently related to the verb kharam, which means "to destroy" (see study note on 2:34). It may describe the destruction summarized in 3:3–7.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Hermon--now Jebel-Es-Sheick--the majestic hill on which the long and elevated range of Anti-Lebanon terminates. Its summit and the ridges on its sides are almost constantly covered with snow. It is not so much one high mountain as a whole cluster of mountain peaks, the highest in Palestine. According to the survey taken by the English Government Engineers in 1840, they were about 9376 feet above the sea. Being a mountain chain, it is no wonder that it…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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