And the leader of the Hebronites was Jerijah, according to their families and kindred. In the fortieth year of the reign of David, they were numbered, and there were found very strong men in Jazer Gilead.
Joshua 21:39 - 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, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. 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, English Standard Version 2016 Heshbon with its pasturelands, Jazer with its pasturelands—four cities in all. |
And the leader of the Hebronites was Jerijah, according to their families and kindred. In the fortieth year of the reign of David, they were numbered, and there were found very strong men in Jazer Gilead.
O vineyard of Sibmah, I will weep for you, with the mourning of Jazer. Your offshoots have crossed over the sea. They have reached even to the sea of Jazer. The despoiler has rushed over your harvest and your vintage.
Now the sons of Ruben and of Gad had many herds, and their substance in cattle was inestimable. And when they had seen that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for feeding animals,
"Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
Yet truly, the sons of Ruben built up Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,
and Heshbon, and all their villages, which are in the plains; also Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and the town of Baalmeon,
and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdoms of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who reigned at Heshbon, whom Moses struck down with the leaders of Midian: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the commanders of Sihon, inhabitants of the land.
the border of Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and one half part of the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer, which is opposite Rabbah;
All the cities of the sons of Merari, by their families and extended families, were twelve.