Study it in the app“from Mount Halak, which goes up toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. And all their kings he took and struck them and put them to death.”
fromמִןMountהָהָרHalak,הֶחָלָקwhich goes upהָעוֹלֶהtoward Seir,שֵׂעִירas far asוְעַדBaal-gadבַּעַל גָּדin the valleyבְּבִקְעַתof LebanonהַלְּבָנוֹןbelowתַּחַתMountהַרHermon.חֶרְמוֹןAnd allוְאֵת כָּלtheir kingsמַלְכֵיהֶםhe tookלָכַדand struck themוַיַּכֵּםand put them to death.וַיְמִיתֵם
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsHalak
Halak: a mountain in the south, toward Seir. The name means "smooth, bare."
Where else “chalak” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appearsSeir
Seir, the hill country south of the Dead Sea, later the land of Edom; also its first inhabitants, and a mountain in Judah.
Where else “seir” appearsBaal-gad
Baal-gad: a place at the foot of Mount Hermon, the northern limit of what Joshua took.
Where else “baal” appearsplain, valley
Broad plain between mountains; wide valley.
Where else “vikat” appearsLebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appearsHermon
See it on the mapWhere else “chermon” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lachad” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appears1Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
2Hermon
Today: Mount Hermon: Lebanon-Syria border, Israeli-held part
The highest mountain in northern Israel, on the border with Syria and Lebanon.
It was the northern limit of what Israel took east of the Jordan (Deut 3:8). The Psalms speak of its dew (Ps 133:3).
16So Joshua took all this land: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the Shephelah, the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel and its Shephelah,
17 · This verse (above)
18For many days Joshua made war with all these kings.
