Joshua 13:19
in Joshua 13Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-shahar on the hill in the valley,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mount of the valley,
KJV
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,
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This verse in Joshua 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseKirjathaim - This city, according to Eusebius, was nine miles distant from Medeba, towards the east. It passed from the Emim to the Moabites, from the Moabites to the Amorites, and from the Amorites to the Israelites, Gen 14:6; Deu 2:20. Calmet supposes the Reubenites possessed it till the time they were carried away by the Assyrians; and then the Moabites appear to have taken possession of it anew, as he collects from Jer 48:1 etc., and Eze 25:9 etc. Sibmah - A place remarkable for its vines. See Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9, Jer 48:
This site's exposition
what Moses had given to the clans of the tribe of Reuben
on Joshua 13:15-23
Verse 22 is the only verse that calls Balaam a diviner, and it sets his death among the slain of Midian, closing Numbers 31:8. Heshbon had been Moab's before Sihon took it at Numbers 21:26, and Isaiah 16:8 and Jeremiah 48 find Moab holding these towns again.
This site's exposition
Kiriathaim, Sibmah
Adam Clarke follows Kiriathaim through its owners, from the Emites of Shaveh-kiriathaim in Genesis 14:5 to Moab, the Amorites and then Reuben. Moab held it again by the time of Jeremiah 48:1 and Ezekiel 25:9. Sibmah was known for its vines.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In the mount of the valley - In the mountain bordering upon that valley, which then was famous among the Israelites; whether that where Moses was buried, which was near to Beth-peor, Deut. xxxiv, 1, 6, or some other.
And Kirjathaim,....
If they had been appointed to a lot entire by themselves, Moses would have served them first, not because it was his own tribe, but because it was God's; but they must be provided for in another manner; their habitations must be scattered in all the tribes, and their maintenance brought out of all the tribes, and God himself was the portion both of their inheritance and of their cup, Deut. x.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְקִרְיָתַ֣יִם | vekiryatayim | and Kiriathaim | H7156 → | |
| וְשִׂבְמָ֔ה | vesivmah | and Sibmah | H7643 → | |
| וְצֶ֥רֶת | vetzeret | and Zereth | H6890 → | |
| הַשַּׁ֖חַר | hashachar | <the> Shahar | H6890 → | |
| בְּהַ֥ר | behar | on [the] hill of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| הָעֵֽמֶק׃ | haemek | the valley | H6010 → | 69 times |
וְקִרְיָתַ֣יִםand Kiriathaim
vekiryatayimH7156 →
וְשִׂבְמָ֔הand Sibmah
vesivmahH7643 →
וְצֶ֥רֶתand Zereth
vetzeretH6890 →
הַשַּׁ֖חַר<the> Shahar
hashacharH6890 →
בְּהַ֥רon [the] hill of
beharH2022 →546 times
הָעֵֽמֶק׃the valley
haemekH6010 →69 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Joshua
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.