Numbers 32:3

“Ataroth, Dibon, and Jazer, etc.] These were places which belonged to the Amorites, and were taken from Sihon, their king: of Ataroth we read nowhere else but in this chapter; of Dibon (see <231502>Isaiah 15:2), Jazer was a city, from whence the land about it had its name; it is the same with Jaazer, (<042132>Numbers 21:32) and stood about fifteen miles from Heshbon f462, the capital city of the kingdom of Sihon: and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon; these were all places in the same country; of Heshbon see (<042125>Numbers 21:25,26 <231504>Isaiah 15:4), Nimrah is the same with Bethnimrah, (<043236>Numbers 32:36) and sometimes called Nimrim, famous for its…”

“See Numbers 32:34-38 notes. return to 'Top of Page'”

“32:3 Reuben, Gad, and half of Manasseh settled in the land that Israel had recently captured from Sihon the Amorite and Og of Bashan (cp. 21:21-35). • Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, and Elealeh have been linked with archaeological sites. • The location of Sibmah is unknown. • Though the location of a town called Nebo is unknown, it was certainly near a mountain or ridge of that same name, which was located along the escarpment that rises above the northern end of the Dead Sea. • The site named Beon is almost certainly the place called “Baal-meon” in 32:38, which probably corresponds to the ruins at Ma’in.”

“Ataroth: Num 32:1, Num 32:34-38; Jos 13:17; Isa 15:2-4; Jer 48:22, Jer 48:23 Nimrah: Num 32:36, Beth-nimrah, Isa 15:6, Nimrim Heshbon: Num 21:25, Num 21:26, Num 21:28; Jdg 11:26; Neh 9:22; Isa 15:4, Isa 16:8, Isa 16:9; Jer 48:2, Jer 48:34, Jer 48:45 Shebam: Num 32:38, Shibmah, Jos 13:19; Isa 16:8; Jer 48:32, Sibmah Beon: Num 32:38, Baal-meon Numbers 32:4”

“In Num 32:3 the country is more distinctly defined by the introduction of the names of a number of important towns, whilst the clause "the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel," in which the defeat of Sihon is referred to, describes it as one that was without a ruler, and therefore could easily be taken possession of. For more minute remarks as to the towns themselves, see at Num 32:34. On the construction את יתּן, see at Gen 4:18. \- The words, "let us not go over the Jordan," may be understood as expressing nothing more than the desire of the speakers not to receive their inheritance on the western side of the Jordan, without their having any intention of…”