and Belathe sonof Azaz,the sonof Shema,the sonof Joel,wholivedin Aroer,even to Neboand Baal-meon.
The sonsof Joel[were] Shemaiahhis son,Goghis son,Shimeihis son,
They have goneup to the templeand [to] Dibon,[even] to the highplacesto weep.MoabwailsoverNeboand Medeba;Everyone'sheadis bald[and] everybeardis cutoff.
"The citiesof Aroerare forsaken;They will be for flocksto liedownin, And therewill be nooneto frighten[them].
therefore,behold,I am going to deprivethe flankof Moabof [its] cities,of its citieswhich are on its frontiers,the gloryof the land,Beth-jeshimoth,Baal-meonand Kiriathaim,
The sonsof GadbuiltDibonand Atarothand Aroer,
and Neboand Baal-meon--[their] namesbeing changed--and Sibmah,and they gave[other] namesto the citieswhichthey built.
"Goup to thismountainof the Abarim,MountNebo,whichis in the landof MoaboppositeJericho,and lookat the landof Canaan,whichI am givingto the sonsof Israelfor a possession.
Now Moseswentup from the plainsof Moabto MountNebo,to the topof Pisgah,whichis oppositeJericho.And the LORDshowedhim allthe land,Gileadas faras Dan,
Sihonkingof the Amorites,who livedin Heshbon,[and] ruledfrom Aroer,whichis on the edgeof the valleyof the Arnon,both the middleof the valleyand halfof Gilead,even as faras the brookJabbok,the borderof the sonsof Ammon;
Heshbon,and allits citieswhichare on the plain:Dibonand Bamoth-baaland Beth-baal-meon,
