Numbers 32:39

39 The people of Makir, the son of Manasseh, went to the land of Gilead. They captured it. They drove out the Amorites who were living there.

Numbers 32:39 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 32:39

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead,
and took it
That part of it which Moses gave unto the half tribe of Manasseh, which till now was in the hand of the Amorites; for half Mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, were given to the Reubenites and Gadites, which is the land of Gilead they desired, and which was already conquered; for they call it the country which the Lord smote before Israel, ( Numbers 32:1 Numbers 32:4 ) ( Deuteronomy 3:12 Deuteronomy 3:13 ) :

and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it;
for though they were driven out of one part of Gilead, yet not out of the whole.

Numbers 32:39 In-Context

37 The people of Reuben built up Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim.

38 They also built up Nebo, Baal Meon and Sibmah. They gave new names to the cities they had built up.

39 The people of Makir, the son of Manasseh, went to the land of Gilead. They captured it. They drove out the Amorites who were living there.

40 So Moses gave Gilead to the people of Makir, the son of Manasseh. And they settled there.

41 Jair was a man in the family line of Manasseh. Jair captured Gilead's settlements. He called them Havvoth Jair.