540 B
540 B
Heshbon ... Salekah ... Ashtaroth ... Edrei
These are the names of places. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites
"the land where the Geshurites and Maacathites lived"
Maacathites ... Rephaim
These are the names of people groups. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Moses struck them
Here "Moses" represents himself and the Israelite army that Moses led. AT: "Moses and the Israelites attacked them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)