The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
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And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim;
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Passages linked to Numbers 32:37 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 21:27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established;
- Numbers 32:3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Isaiah 15:4 Heshbon cries out with Elealeh. Their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud. Their souls tremble within them.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,).... For…
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,).... For Nebo was the name of an idol, after which perhaps the city was called: Baalmeon signifies "Baal's habitation", and where it is highly probable was a temple of his; and the children of Reuben, not liking to retain such idolatrous names, gave them others, but what they were it is not said; and certain it is, that when these places came into the hands of the Moabites, their ancient names were restored to them, as appears from Isa 15:2.
and Shibmah; the same with Shebam, Num 32:3, and gave other names unto the cities which they built; but they are neither known, nor did they always continue, as has been observed.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Reubenites established themselves more compactly than the Gadites.…
The Reubenites established themselves more compactly than the Gadites. Elcalch (el-’Al) a mile to the northeast; Nebo (Nebbeh) probably three miles to the southwest; Baal-meon (Main) nearly two miles to the south; Kirjathaim (Kureiyat?): and Shibmah, more properly Sibmah, famous at a later period for its vines (compare Isa 16:8), four miles east of Heshbon; all clustered round the old Amorite Capital. The Reubenites probably retained at the partition all these cities with the exception of Heshbon, which, passing to the Levites, were thenceforth reckoned as within the tribe of Gad.
Neither the Reubenites nor the Gadites were “builders” in the sense of founders of the cities of which they thus took possession. They probably fortified them, for the first time or afresh, so as to render them places of safety for their families during the campaigns on the other side of the Jordan; and provided them with all conveniences for their flocks and herds.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 37. Kirjathaim is known only by conjecture.
37. Kirjathaim is known only by conjecture.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The children of Reuben. Reuben had, at the time…
The children of Reuben. Reuben had, at the time of the last census, been greater in number than Gad, and had been his leader on the march. He now begins to take that secondary position which was always to be his. Of the towns which he now occupied, the Moabites recovered many, while the most important of all (Heshbon) had to be surrendered to the Levites. He was indeed compensated with the southern settlements of the Gadites as far as the Wady Hesban, but even so his limits were very straitened as compared with those of Gad and of half Manasseh. Heshbon. Cf. Num_21:25. In Jos_21:39 1Ch_6:81, Heshbon is spoken of as belonging to Gad. This can only be explained on the supposition that the temporary settlements of the two tribes were really intermixed, and that Heshbon, as the old capital of that region, was jointly occupied. In after times it, too, together with Elealeh and Kirjathaim, Nebo, Baal-meon, and Sibmah, all fell into the hands of Moab. (Isa_15:2, 4 16:8 Jer_48:22, Jer_48:23)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, Nebo, Baal Meon ... Sibmah
Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, Nebo, Baal Meon ... Sibmah
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their names were later changed
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Machir
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 32:37-38 If names of some of the towns were…
32:37-38 If names of some of the towns were changed to avoid pagan associations (e.g., “Baal,” the well-known Canaanite god, or “Nebo,” a Babylonian deity; see Isa 46:1), the alternate designations are not provided here.
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