Numbers 32:37

37 The children of Re'uven built Heshbon, and El`aleh, and Kiryatayim,

Numbers 32:37 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:37

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and
Kirjathaim.
] Heshbon was the royal city of Sihon king of the Amorites, and Elealeh was within a mile of it, see ( Numbers 32:3 ) , this shows that those cities were not built anew properly, only repaired, for they were cities in being long before; besides, they had not time to build new cities, for in a few months after this they passed over Jordan; though indeed they left men enough behind to rebuild cities, whom they might set to work about them when they departed: Kirjathaim is, by the Targum of Jonathan, called the city of two streets paved with marble, and it adds, this is Beresha: Jerom ^F20 says, it is now called Coraiatha, which is pretty near its ancient name, and that it is ten miles from Medeba, a city of Arabia, mentioned as one of the cities in the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, ( Numbers 21:30 ) ( Isaiah 15:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 De loc. Heb. fol. 89. M.

Numbers 32:37 In-Context

35 and `Atrot-Shofan, and Ya`zer, and Yogbehah,

36 and Beit-Nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

37 The children of Re'uven built Heshbon, and El`aleh, and Kiryatayim,

38 and Nevo, and Ba`al-Me`on, (their names being changed,) and Sivmah: and they gave other names to the cities which they built.

39 The children of Makhir the son of Menashsheh went to Gil`ad, and took it, and dispossessed the Amori who were therein.