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HERMON

Volume 10 · 120 words · 1810 Edition

or AERMON, in Ancient Geography, a mountain of the Amorites, called Sanior by the Phoenicians, and Sanir, or Senir by the Amorites, on the east of Jordan. It is also called Sion, (Moses); but must not be confounded with the Sion of Jerusalem. By the Sidonians it was called Sciron; in the vulgate, it is called Saron. Joshua informs us, that it was the dominion of Og king of Bashan; which must be understood of its south side. It is never particularly mentioned by profane writers; being comprised under the appellation Libanus, or Antilibanus, with which mountain it is joined to the east. It is also called Hermonium plurally, Psalm xlii. 6. because it was extensive, and contained several mountains.