translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JOS

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “and took possession of their land.”


text: Heb “beyond the Jordan, toward the rising of the sun.”


text: Or perhaps, “reigned.”


label: NET textual note

text: 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 .


text: The words “his kingdom included” are supplied in the translation for clarification.


text: 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 .


text: Or perhaps “who reigned.”


text: Heb “gave it for a possession.”


text: Heb “Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotted portions.”


text: Or “the foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”


text: The words “the land of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.


text: For location see Map5-B2 ; Map6-E1 ; Map7-E1 ; Map8-E3 ; Map10-A2 ; Map11-A1 .


text: For location see Map5-B1 ; Map6-F3 ; Map7-E2 ; Map8-F2 ; Map10-B3 ; JP1-F4 ; JP2-F4 ; JP3-F4 ; JP4-F4 .


text: For location see Map4-G4 ; Map5-C1 ; Map6-E3 ; Map7-D1 ; Map8-G3 .


text: For location see Map1-D2 ; Map2-D3 ; Map3-A2 ; Map4-C1 .


text: For location see Map1-D4 ; Map2-C1 ; Map4-C2 ; Map5-F2 ; Map7-B1 .