The towns and their surrounding villages in this area were given as a homeland to the clans of the tribe of Gad.
The Gadites lived in the land of Gilead, in Bashan and its villages, and throughout all the pasturelands of Sharon.
In the valley were Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, Zaphon, and the rest of the kingdom of King Sihon of Heshbon. The western boundary ran along the Jordan River, extended as far north as the tip of the Sea of Galilee, and then turned eastward.
Moses had assigned the following area to the clans of the half-tribe of Manasseh.