1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Joshua 13:27 | And in the valley Betharan, and Bethnemra, and Socoth, and Saphon, the other part of the kingdom of Sehon, king of Hesebon: the limit of this also is the Jordan, as far as the uttermost part of the sea of Cenereth, beyond the Jordan, on the east side. | Betharan, which was enlarged by Herod, and called Livias, or Julias, as the Greeks called Livia, the wife of Augustus, Julia. (Josephus) --- Saphon, or "the northern part of," etc. |