Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
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Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
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And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
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and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah;
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Passages linked to Numbers 32:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 32:1 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 Gilead. Behold, the place was a place for livestock.
- Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah. Of these…
And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah. Of these no mention is made elsewhere, except Jaazer, which is the same with Jazer, Num 32:3.
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num 32:36And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities,.... The first of these is the same with Nimrah, Num 32:3, and the other is the same with Betharam, Jos 13:27, it is called in the Jerusalem Talmud (r), Bethramtha, and so by the Syrians, Bethramphta; and to the same place Herod gave the name of Livias or Julias (s): these cities the children of Gad built or repaired for their families:
and folds for sheep; they also built for their cattle, as they promised to do, and Moses enjoined them, Num 32:16.
(r) Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. (s) Vid. Reland. Palestin. Illustrat. par. 2. p. 643.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sophan. Some believe that this is the same city…
Sophan. Some believe that this is the same city with Etroth, and that it took its name from Saphon, the son of Gad, chap. xxvi. 15. --- Jegbaa perhaps the Beon, ver. 3. See Judges viii. 11.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, &c.--Jaazer, near a famed fountain,…
Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, &c.--Jaazer, near a famed fountain, Ain Hazier, the waters of which flow into Wady Schaib, about fifteen miles from Hesbon. Beth-nimrah, now Nimrin; Heshbon, now Hesban; Elealeh (Hebrew, "the high"), now Elaal; Kirjathaim (Hebrew, "the double city"); Nebo, now Neba, near the mountain of that name; Baal-meon, now Myoun, in ruins, where was a temple of Baal (Jos 13:17; Jer 48:23); Shibmah, or Shebam (Num 32:3), near Heshbon, famous for vines (Isa 16:9-10; Jer 48:32).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 35. Atroth, Shophan — Modern scholars agree in the…
35. Atroth, Shophan — Modern scholars agree in the opinion that but one place is intended by these two names. The Seventy omit it altogether. It has not yet been identified.
Jaazer — Num_32:1, note. Jogbehah is mentioned again in Jdg_8:11. It is supposed that it was not far from the Jordan, and south of Jebel-Jilad.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Atroth, Shophan. Rather, "Atroth-Shophan," another Ataroth, the site of…
Atroth, Shophan. Rather, "Atroth-Shophan," another Ataroth, the site of which is unknown. Jaazer. See on verse 1. Jogbehah. Now perhaps Jebeiha, to the north of Jaazer. (cf. Jud_1:8:11) All these places were only temporarily occupied by the Gadites, and fell to Reuben in the subsequent division.
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