Joshua 13:25

“And their coast was Jazer, etc.] Their southern coast; of Jazer, (see <042132>Numbers 21:32); where it is called Jaazer, and is mentioned in (<231608>Isaiah 16:8); and in (<244832>Jeremiah 48:32), where it is spoken of as a city of Moab, as it was in the days of those prophets: and all the cities of Gilead; which lay in those parts, for the whole was not given to this tribe, half of Gilead was given to the half tribe of Manasseh, (<061331>Joshua 13:31); and half the land of the children of Ammon; not what then belonged to them, but what had been taken from them by the Amorites; and which Israel taking from them, had a right to retain, though they were forbid meddling with any of their land…”

“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…”

“The cities of Gilead - That is, all the cities of eminency; all the cities properly so called, which lay in that part of Gilead; and so this may well agree with Jos 13:31, where half the country of Gilead is said to be given to the Manassites; but there is no mention of any cities there. The land of the children of Ammon - Not of that which was now theirs, for that they were forbidden to meddle with, but of that which was anciently theirs, 'till taken from them by the Amorites, from whom the Israelites took it. Aroer - The border between them and Moab. Rabbah - The chief city of the Ammonites. Joshua 13:26”

“their coast: Num 32:35 Jazer: A city near a brook of the same name, now called Wady Szyr; and probably the present Szyr occupies its site. half: Num 21:26-30; Deu 2:19; Jdg 11:13-27 Rabbah: Deu 3:11; Sa2 11:1, Sa2 12:26; Eze 21:20; Amo 1:14 Joshua 13:26”