- HESEBON
- HESEBONciv. in qua habitavit Sehon Rex Amorthaeorum, Num c. 21. v. 30. quam aedificavêrunt filii Ruben, Idem c. 32. v. 37. Ies. c. 16. v. 4. 1. Par. c. 6. v. 81.
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HESEBON
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