Their territorywas Jazer,and allthe citiesof Gilead,and halfthe landof the sonsof Ammon,as faras Aroerwhichis beforeRabbah;
Then it happenedin the spring,at the timewhen kingsgoout [to battle], that DavidsentJoaband his servantswith him and allIsrael,and they destroyedthe sonsof Ammonand besiegedRabbah.But Davidstayedat Jerusalem.
Now Joabfoughtagainst Rabbahof the sonsof Ammonand capturedthe royalcity.
They crossedthe Jordanand campedin Aroer,on the rightsideof the citythat is in the middleof the valleyof Gadand towardJazer.
As for the Hebronites,Jerijahthe chief(these Hebroniteswere investigatedaccording to their genealogiesand fathers'[households], in the fortiethyearof David'sreign,and menof outstandingcapabilitywere foundamong them at Jazerof Gilead)
Heshbonwith its pasturelandsand Jazerwith its pasturelands.
For the fieldsof Heshbonhave withered,the vinesof Sibmah[as well]; The lordsof the nationshave trampleddownits choiceclustersWhich reachedas faras Jazer[and] wanderedto the deserts;Its tendrilsspreadthemselves out [and] passedoverthe sea.
"The citiesof Aroerare forsaken;They will be for flocksto liedownin, And therewill be nooneto frighten[them].
"Morethanthe weepingfor JazerI will weepfor you, O vineof Sibmah!Your tendrilsstretchedacrossthe sea,They reachedto the seaof Jazer;Upon your summerfruitsand your grapeharvestThe destroyerhas fallen.
"You shall marka wayfor the swordto cometo Rabbahof the sonsof Ammon,and to Judahinto fortifiedJerusalem.
"So I will kindlea fireon the wallof RabbahAnd it will consumeher citadelsAmid warcrieson the dayof battle,And a stormon the dayof tempest.
Mosessentto spyout Jazer,and they capturedits villagesand dispossessedthe Amoriteswho[were] there.
and Atroth-shophanand Jazerand Jogbehah,
When you comeoppositethe sonsof Ammon,do not harassthem norprovokethem, for I will not giveyou anyof the landof the sonsof Ammonas a possession,becauseI have givenit to the sonsof Lotas a possession.'
(For onlyOgkingof Bashanwas leftof the remnantof the Rephaim.Behold,his bedsteadwas an ironbedstead;it is in Rabbahof the sonsof Ammon.Its lengthwas ninecubitsand its widthfourcubitsby ordinarycubit.)
and Gilead,and the territoryof the Geshuritesand Maacathites,and allMountHermon,and allBashanas faras Salecah;
Mosesalso gave[an inheritance] to the tribeof Gad,to the sonsof Gad,according to their families.
and from Heshbonas faras Ramath-mizpehand Betonim,and from Mahanaimas faras the borderof Debir;
Heshbonwith its pasturelands,Jazerwith its pasturelands;fourcitiesin all.
"Gileadremainedacrossthe Jordan;And whydid Danstayin ships?Ashersatat the seashore,And remainedby its landings.
