unto the entering: That is, unto the borders of Arabia Deserta, which extends to the Euphrates.
Euphrates: 1 Chronicles 18:3; Genesis 2:14; 2 Kings 24:7
because: Joshua 22:8-9
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1 Chronicles 5:9
1 Chronicles 5:9
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