The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
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Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan; the land, according to its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land. The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep. The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein. Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair. Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
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The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities and folds for sheep.
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And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
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And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer;
and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah;
and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran; fortified cities, and folds for sheep.
Cross-references (8)
- Deuteronomy 2:36 (v34) From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was not a city too…
- Numbers 32:3 (vv34–36) “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:1 (v35) Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. They saw the land of Jazer, and the land of…
- Isaiah 17:2 (v34) The cities of Aroer are forsaken. They will be for flocks, which shall lie down, and no one shall make them afraid.
- Numbers 21:20 (v34) and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert.
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- Numbers 33:45-46 (v34) They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad. They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On v34 i.e. Repaired and fortified, as that word is oft…
i.e. Repaired and fortified, as that word is oft used, as 1Ki 12:25; 2Ki 14:22; 2Ch 8:1; 11:5; 26:2; Dan 4:30; for they neither had need nor leisure as yet to do more, the old cities not being burnt and ruined, as divers in Canaan were.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv34–36 And the children of Gad built,.... Or rather repaired…
And the children of Gad built,.... Or rather repaired the walls and fortifications, and rebuilt houses which had been demolished in the wars with Sihon and Og; when the following places were taken by the Israelites:
Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer; the two first are mentioned in Num 32:3. Aroer was a city situated on the river Arnon, and was after this in the hands of the Moabites: Jerom says (q), it was showed in his day on the top of the mountain, upon the bank of the river Arnon, which flows into the Dead sea, Jer 48:19.
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(q) De loc. Heb. fol. 87. I.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v34 Built - Repaired and fortified. For they neither had…
Built - Repaired and fortified. For they neither had need nor leisure as yet to do more, the old cities not being burnt and ruined, as divers in Canaan were.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v34 Verse 34. The children of Gad built - Aroer]…
Verse 34. The children of Gad built - Aroer] This was situated on the river Arnon, De 2:36; 2Kg 10:33. It was formerly inhabited by the Emim, a warlike and perhaps gigantic people. They were expelled by the Moabites; the Moabites by the Amorites; and the Amorites by the Israelites. The Gadites then possessed it till the captivity of their tribe, with that of Reuben and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, by the Assyrians, 2Kg 15:29, after which the Moabites appear to have repossessed it, as they seem to have occupied it in the days of Jeremiah, Jer 48:15-20.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v34 Num 32:34. Built — Repaired and fortified. For they…
Num 32:34. Built — Repaired and fortified. For they neither had need nor leisure as yet to do more, the old cities not being burned and ruined, as divers in Canaan were.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v34 The cities here named fall into three groups. On…
The cities here named fall into three groups. On Dibon, compare Num 21:19. The Moabite stone was discovered here in 1868. This city, occupied on the first acquisition of the territory by the Gadites, and assigned by Joshua to the Reubenites, was eventually recaptured by the Moabites, in whose hands it remained. Ataroth, i. e., “crowns” (Attarus?) was seven miles northwest of Dibon. Aroer (Arair) lay between Dibon and the Arnon.
Atroth, Shophan - , was Atroth-Shophan, i. e., Atroth, or Ataroth of Shophan, or “of the burrow;” thus distinguished from the Ataroth named in the verse preceding from which it was probably not far distant. These four cities may be styled the Dibon settlement.
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Num 32:35
Jaazer - (compare Num 32:1) with the neighboring “Jogbehah” (Jebeiha), seven miles to the northeast, formed the second group.
Num 32:36
The third Gadite settlement lay in the valley of the Jordan, to the west of the preceding. It comprised the cities of Bethnimrah (Nimrun) and “Beth-haran” (Beit-ha-ran).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv34–36 Built, or repaired; for they had been cities of…
Built, or repaired; for they had been cities of the Amorrhites before. --- Aroer was occupied by the Moabites after the Israelites were led into captivity, Jeremias xlviii. 1, 19.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv34–35 And the children of Gad built--(See on Num 32:16).
And the children of Gad built--(See on Num 32:16).
Dibon--identified with Dheban, now in ruins, an hour's distance from the Arnon (Mojeb).
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Ataroth (Hebrew, "crowns")--There are several towns so called in Scripture, but this one in the tribe of Gad has not been identified.
Aroer--now Arair, standing on a precipice on the north bank of the Arnon.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv34–36 34. Built — Restored and fortified.
34. Built — Restored and fortified.
Dibon,… Ataroth,… Aroer — Jos_13:16-17, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v34 34–38. Many of these towns have been identified with…
34–38. Many of these towns have been identified with some probability. But the list represents a tradition very different from that in Jos_13:15-28 (P ), and must be ultimately derived from an earlier source, though in its present form it was probably written by a priestly writer. In Jos_13:15-28 Reuben occupies the position which is ordinarily represented on modern maps, on the south of Gad, the dividing line between them running east from about the northern point of the Dead Sea. But in the present passage Reuben’s position is not so independent. Five of the six towns assigned to them in Num_32:37-38 are situated in a district about midway between the Jabbok and the Arnon, and lie between Gadite towns to the north and south of them. They are thus represented as occupying an enclave within the Gadite area. Sibmah is unknown, as also are Atroth-shophan and Beth-nimrah. See G. A. Smith, Hist. Geogr. p. 567.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v34 (34) And the children of Gad built Dibon .…
(34) And the children of Gad built Dibon . . . Better, repaired or fortified. Some of the cities mentioned in this and the following verses—as, e.g., Dibon and Heshbon—are mentioned also in Numbers 21 in connection with the conquest of the Amoritish territory. It is not probable that new cities would have been built at this time, nor did the circumstances of the Israelites admit of the delay which would have been involved in such an undertaking. It was at Dibon that the Moabite stone was discovered by Mr. Klein in 1868. For the geographical position and modern names of the towns mentioned in these verses, see Keil (in loc). In the distribution of the towns by Joshua, some of the southernmost towns repaired or fortified by the Gadites appear to have fallen to the tribe of Reuben. (See Jos_13:16-17.) Heshbon, on the other hand, appears to have fallen to the lot of the tribe of Gad, and to have been assigned to the Levites (1Ch_6:80-81).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv34–36 The children of Gad built, i.e., no doubt, they…
The children of Gad built, i.e., no doubt, they put these places in some habitable and defensible state of repair until they should return. Dibon. Now Dhiban, four miles north of Arnon. It is called Dibongad in Num_33:45, Num_33:46, but it is doubtful whether there is any allusion to its present occupation, since "Gad" was a common affix in the languages of Canaan. (cf. Jos_11:17) Dibon was subsequently assigned to Reuben, (Jos_13:9) but was recovered by Moab, and became one of his strongholds (cf. Isa_15:2 Jer_48:18, Jer_48:22) The Moabite stone was found here. Ataroth. Now Attarus, seven miles from Dibon. Aroer. Not the Aroer before Rabbath, (Jos_13:25) but the Aroer by the brink of Arnon. (Deu_2:36 Jos_13:16)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v34 Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah,…
Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v34 32:34-36 The precise locations of Atroth-shophan, Jogbehah, and Beth-haran…
32:34-36 The precise locations of Atroth-shophan, Jogbehah, and Beth-haran are unknown. Aroer was located on the northern rim of the Arnon canyon.
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