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Numbers 32:37

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

Numbers 32:37 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 32:37

Theological / Devotional

Reuben built. Again the idea is that of repairing and making habitable and secure, cities that had been damaged in war.

Heshbon. Another city that had many changes of fortune. In ch. 21:25 it is in the possession of the Amorites. In Joshua 13:17, as here, Reuben has control of it. In Joshua 21:39 Gad is the possessor. Moab again possesses it according to Isa. 15:4; 16:9; Jer. 48:2. Eventually it comes under the power of the children of Ammon (Jer. 49:1-3).

Kirjathaim. Recorded as the city of a giant people called Emims (Gen. 14:5).

Probably el-Qereiyat, between Dhiban and the Dead Sea.

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