Joshua 13:19

“And Kirjathaim, etc.] Of which (see Gill on “<043237>Numbers 32:37”); and Sibmah; of which (see Gill on “<043203>Numbers 32:3”) and (see Gill on “<043238>Numbers 32:38”); and Zarethshahar, in the mount of the valley; which was built on one of the mountains that looked over the valley of Moab, as did Nebo, Pisgah, Abarim; perhaps it is the same place Josephus f282 calls Zara, to which he joins the valley of the Cilicians, and mentions it along with Heshbon, Medeba, and other cities of Moab; according to Adrichomius f283, it was in the mount of the valley of Bethpeor, which next follows.”

“The writer appends to the command of God Joshua 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The boundaries of this territory as a whole are first set forth Joshua 13:8-14, and afterward the portions assigned within it to the two tribes and a half are severally described Joshua 13:15-33. Joshua 13:14 See Deuteronomy 18:1-5 and notes. Joshua 13:15-24 Inheritance of the tribe of Reuben. This territory was the most southerly of the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel, and adjoined Moab, which lay only on the other side of the Arnon. Hence, the Reubenites became in after times much intermixed…”

“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, Deu 34:1, Deu 34:6, or some other. And this clause is thought to belong to all the cities now mentioned. Joshua 13:21”

“And Kirjathaim: This city, according to Eusebius, was situated ten miles west of Medeba. Num 32:37, Num 32:38, Sibman, Called Shibmah, Num 32:38, and celebrated for its vines Jer 48:32. Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9; on which last place, Jerome says, there were scarcely 500 paces between it and Heshbon. Joshua 13:20”

“Kirjathaim, where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emim, is probably to be found in the ruins of et-Teym, half an hour to the west of Medaba (see at Gen 14:5). Sibmah ( Num 32:38), according to Jerome (on Isa 16:8), only 500 paces from Heshbon, appears to have hopelessly disappeared. Zereth-hashachar, i.e., splendor aurorae, which is only mentioned here, was situated "upon a mountain of the valley." According to Jos 13:27, the valley was the Jordan valley, or rather (according to Gen 14:3, Gen 14:8) the vale of Siddim, a valley running down on the eastern side of the Dead Sea. Seetzen conjectures that the town referred to is the present ruin of Sar, on the south of Zerka Maein. - Beth-peor,…”