Deuteronomy 3:9
which the Sidonians call Sirion but the Amorites call Senir—
(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)
(The Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir.)
(which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir);
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Hermon
- Mount Hermon is the south-eastern branch of Lebanon, beyond Jordan. The Chaldee Targumist, who places it at Cæsarea and Samaritan interpreter call it {toor talga,} "the mountain of snow," because of its being always covered with snow; and Jerome informs us, that it lies higher than Paneas or Cæsarea Philippi, and that in the summer time snow used to be carried from thence to Tyre. It is now call El Heish, and is comprised in the district of Kanneytra.
- Deuteronomy 4:48, 49; Psalm 29:6; Psalm 89:12; Psalm 133:3; Song of Songs 4:8
- Shenir
- 1 Chronicles 5:23; Ezekiel 27:5