Numbers 32:37
in Numbers 32The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
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ASV
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
KJV
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
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This verse in Numbers 32
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
This site's exposition
the children of Reuben built Heshbon
on Numbers 32:37-38
The towns of Reuben cluster tightly around Heshbon, the old Amorite capital of Numbers 21:26. Two of them carry the names of gods, Nebo and Baal-meon, and the text stops to say the names were changed. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the change against Exodus 23:13, which forbids the name of other gods to be heard from an Israelite mouth, while Adam Clarke reads renaming as the ordinary practice of conquerors, and verse 42 shows a man doing exactly that.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Jazer - A city and country of the Amorites; Gilead - A mountainous country, famous for pasturage 6. Ye sit here - In ease and peace, while your brethren are engaged in a bloody war.
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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. Elealeh (Hebrew, "the high"), now Elaal; Kirjathaim (Hebrew, "the double city");
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֤י | uvenei | and [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| רְאוּבֵן֙ | reuven | Reuben | H7205 → | 72 times |
| בָּנ֔וּ | banu | they built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹן | cheshbon | Heshbon | H2809 → | 38 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶלְעָלֵ֑א | ʾelale' | Elealeh | H500 → | |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃ | kiryatayim | Kiriathaim | H7156 → |
וּבְנֵ֤יand [the] descendants of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
רְאוּבֵן֙Reuben
reuvenH7205 →72 times
בָּנ֔וּthey built
banuH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חֶשְׁבּ֖וֹןHeshbon
cheshbonH2809 →38 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֶלְעָלֵ֑אElealeh
ʾelale'H500 →
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
קִרְיָתָֽיִם׃Kiriathaim
kiryatayimH7156 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 15:4Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out; their souls tremble within.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 48:34
There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 11:20
But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
- 1 Kings 19:4
while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life,…
- Numbers 32:3–4
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
- Joshua 13:18
Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath,
- Jeremiah 48:34
Through
Numbers 32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
it leads to
- Numbers 32:34–38
And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
- Isaiah 16:8–9
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the…
- Joshua 13:17
to Heshbon and all its cities on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth-baal, Beth-baal-meon,
- Numbers 32:34–38
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.