Joshua 13:26

“And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim, etc.] This was their coast from the south to the north, and so describes their eastern border, which reached from Heshbon, given to the tribe of Reuben, (<061307>Joshua 13:7); to these places mentioned; Ramathmizpeh, the same with Ramothgilead, which Jerom f286 says was a village in his time, and lay two miles from Philadelphia or Rabbath before mentioned, to the east; it should be to the west; of Betonim we nowhere else read, it seems to have been near to Ramath: and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; the former of these was the place where the angels met Jacob, and who gave it the name from thence; and in later times a city of this name…”

“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…”

“Ramath - mizpeh - Called Ramoth - Gilead, or Ramoth in Gilead. Mahanaim - Exclusively; for Mahanaim was in the portion of Manasseh, beyond Jabbok, which was the border of Gad and Manasseh. Joshua 13:27”

“Ramathmizpeh: Jos 20:8; Gen 31:49; Jdg 10:17, Jdg 11:11, Jdg 11:29; Kg1 22:3 Mahanaim: Jos 21:38; Gen 32:1, Gen 32:2; Sa2 2:8, Sa2 17:27 Debir: Sa2 9:4, Sa2 9:5, Sa2 17:27, Lodebar Joshua 13:27”