Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign search was made of whatever genealogy or family and men of great ability among them were found at Jazer in Gilead.)
Joshua 21:39 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four towns in all. Plus de 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. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign search was made of whatever genealogy or family 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 crossed over the sea, reached as far as Jazer; upon your summer fruits and your vintage the destroyer has fallen.
Now the Reubenites and the Gadites owned a very great number of cattle. When they saw that the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead was a good place for cattle,
“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon—
with Heshbon, and all its towns that are in the tableland; Dibon, and Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon,
that is, all the towns of the tableland, and all the kingdom of King Sihon of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, as princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
Their territory was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is near Rabbah,
Out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasturelands, the city of refuge for the slayer, Mahanaim with its pasturelands,
As for the towns of the several Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the families of the Levites, those allotted to them were twelve in all.