Bamidbar 32:37

37 And the Bnei Reuven built Cheshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiryatayim,

Bamidbar 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.

Bamidbar 32:37 In-Context

35 And Atrot, Shophan, Ya’azer, and Yogbehah,

36 And Beit Nimrah and Beit Haran, fortified cities; and gidrot tzon.

37 And the Bnei Reuven built Cheshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiryatayim,

38 And Nevo, and Ba’al Me’on, (their shem being changed) and Sivmah; and gave other shmot unto the cities which they built.

39 And the Bnei Machir Ben Menasheh went to Gil‘ad, and captured it, and dispossessed the Emori (Amorite) which was in it.