Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites of whatever genealogy or fathers' houses. (In the fortieth year of David's reign search was made and men of great ability among them were found at Jazer in Gilead.)
Joshua 21:39 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands—four cities in all. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Heshbon, and Jazer; four cities in all, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). American Standard Version (1901) Heshbon with its suburbs, Jazer with its suburbs; four cities in all. Common English Bible Heshbon and its pastures; Jazer and its pastures; in total: four cities. Catholic Public Domain Version And so all the cities of the Levites, in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel, were forty-eight, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So all the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty-eight, |
Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites of whatever genealogy or fathers' houses. (In the fortieth year of David's reign search was made and men of great ability among them were found at Jazer in Gilead.)
More than for Jazer I weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your branches passed over the sea, reached as far as Jazer; upon your summer fruits and your vintage the destroyer has fallen.
Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle.
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
with Heshbon, and all its cities that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who dwelt in the land.
Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,
and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
As for the cities of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were in all twelve cities.