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Midrash for Deuteronomy 3:9

צִידֹנִ֛ים יִקְרְא֥וּ לְחֶרְמ֖וֹן שִׂרְיֹ֑ן וְהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י יִקְרְאוּ־ל֖וֹ שְׂנִֽיר׃

which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir—

Sifrei Devarim

Similarly, (Devarim 3:9) "The Tziddonim called Chermon Siryon, and the Emori called it S'nir," and, elsewhere, (Ibid. 4:48) "until Mount Sion, which is Chermon" — whence it is found to have four names. Now why do future generations need to know this? (To impress upon them) that four kings were contending over it, each one saying "Let it be called by my name!" Now does this not follow a fortiori, viz.: If four kings contended thus over the "refuse" of Eretz Yisrael, how much more so is Eretz Yisrael (itself) to be lauded!
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