and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;
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and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;
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And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
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and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon;
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 5:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 32:38 Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built.
- Numbers 32:34 The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
- 1 Chronicles 5:4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- Deuteronomy 32:49 “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession.
- Deuteronomy 34:1 Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. Yahweh showed him all the land of Gilead to Dan,
- Joshua 13:17 Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the plain; Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
- Isaiah 15:2 They have gone up to Bayith, and to Dibon, to the high places, to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba. Baldness is on all of their heads. Every beard is cut off.
- Isaiah 17:2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
- Ezekiel 25:9 therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain These places were beyond Jordan toward the East in…
These places were beyond Jordan toward the East in the land given to the Reubenites.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Who dwelt, to wit, the Reubenites, all these here…
Who dwelt, to wit, the Reubenites, all these here before mentioned, as appears both by the following verses, which relate to the whole tribe; and by the agreement of this description of their inheritance with that, Jos 13:15,16.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And eastward he inhabited,.... Either Bela, or the tribe…
And eastward he inhabited,.... Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben:
unto the entering in of the wilderness; the wilderness of Kedemoth, which was near to Sihon king of Heshbon, whose land the Reubenites inhabited, Deu 2:26.
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from the river Euphrates; a learned man (r) thinks that this river Phrat was different from the Euphrates near Babylon, which was northward, since this was to the east or southeast:
because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead; therefore their habitation was extended further, even to the river Euphrates, as in the days of David and Solomon, Sa2 8:3.
(r) Texelii Phoenix, l. 3. c. 7. p. 272.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. Who dwelt in Aroer] This town was…
Verse 8. Who dwelt in Aroer] This town was situated on the river Arnon; and Nebo was both a city and a mountain in the same country. They both lay on the other side of Jordan.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And. So Hebrew, &c., as f he was one…
And. So Hebrew, &c., as f he was one of the princes. But the Vulgate seems to begin a new sentence, Porro, "now Bala." The possessions of this man must have been very extensive, from the Euphrates till (Haydock) Baal-meon, within nine miles of Hesebon, (Eusebius) almost (Calmet) as far as the Jordan. (Tirinus) --- Bala, or his descendants, extended their conquests as far as the Euphrates, which had been promised to Israel; and, under Saul, conquered the Agarites, who sprung from Agar. Syriac, &c., "the Arabs of Sacca," or the Scenites, "dwelling under tents," and inhabiting the Desert Arabia. The details of this war are probably given, ver. 19., &c. (Calmet)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 8. Aroer] now ‘Ar‘âir, a heap of ruins near…
8. Aroer] now ‘Ar‘âir, a heap of ruins near the wâdy Mojib, i.e. the Arnon (Jos_12:2). It passed from Sihon king of the Amorites into the hands of the Reubenites at the Conquest (ib. Jos_13:16). See Bädeker, p. 191.
Nebo and Baal-meon] A line drawn due N. from Aroer (see last note), passes close first to Ma‘in (which may be Baal-meon) and then to Jebel Nebâ, which evidently preserves the name of Mount Nebo.
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Baal-meon] called more correctly Beth-baal-meon Jos_13:17.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) Bela.—His descent is traced, like that of Beerah.…
(8) Bela.—His descent is traced, like that of Beerah. but through fewer names. This does not necessarily imply that Bela and Beerah were not contemporaries. Intermediate names are often omitted in genealogies. (See Jos_7:18 : “Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah,” and 1Ch_5:24, “Achan son of Zerah,” and the different lengths of the pedigrees of Heman, Asaph, and Ethan in 1Ch_6:33-47.) It is not likely that the Joel of 1Ch_5:8 is the same as the Joel of 1Ch_5:4, in spite of the further coincidence of Shema-Shemiah.
Who dwelt.—He was dwelling, that is, he and his clan.
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Aroer.—Now Arâ’ir, on the north bank of the Arnon (Jos_12:2).
Nebo, a place on the famous mount Nebo, in the region east of the Dead Sea (now Jebel Neba, Deu_34:1), over against Jericho (Num_32:38).
Baal-meon.—Or, Beth-bqal-meon, now Ma’in, about two miles south-east of Heshbon. Aroer gives the southern Nebo, and Baalmeon the northern, limits of the tribe. All three places are mentioned on the Stone of Mesha, kings of Moab (2Ki_3:4-27).
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