Numbers 32:37-38
Heshbon.3; 21:27; Isa 15:4Eleahleh.Elealeh is placed, by Eusebius, a mile from Heshbon. It is now called El Aal, "the high," and is situated on a hill. Nebo.Isa 46:1Baal-meon.This town is placed, by Eusebius and Jerome, nine miles from Heshbon, at the foot of mount Abarim. 22:41gave other names unto the cities. Heb. they called by namesthe names of the cities. 3; Ge 26:18; Ex 23:13; Jos 23:7; Ps 16:4; Isa 46:1Joshua 13:17
Dibon.Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon. Bamoth-baal. or, the high places of Baal, and the house ofBaal-meon. Nu 21:19; 22:41; 32:38Joshua 13:19
And Kirjathaim.This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba. Nu 32:37,38Sibman.Called Shibmah, Nu 32:38, and celebrated for its vines Jer 48:32. Isa 16:8, 9; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon.Jeremiah 48:23
Kiriathaim.1; Ge 14:5Shaveh Kiriathaim.Jos 13:19Kirjathaim. Beth-meon.Nu 32:38Baal-meon.Jos 13:17Beth-baal-meon.
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