As for the Hebronites, Jeriah was their chief according to the genealogical records of their families. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign a search was made in the records, and capable men among the Hebronites were found at Jazer in Gilead.
Joshua 21:39 - New International Version (Anglicised) Heshbon and Jazer, together with their pasture-lands – four towns in all. 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. 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, |
As for the Hebronites, Jeriah was their chief according to the genealogical records of their families. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign a search was made in the records, and capable men among the Hebronites were found at Jazer in Gilead.
I weep for you, as Jazer weeps, you vines of Sibmah. Your branches spread as far as the sea; they reached as far as Jazer. The destroyer has fallen on your ripened fruit and grapes.
The Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
‘Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon –
to Heshbon and all its towns on the plateau, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon,
all the towns on the plateau and the entire realm of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled at Heshbon. Moses had defeated him and the Midianite chiefs, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba – princes allied with Sihon – who lived in that country.
The territory of Jazer, all the towns of Gilead and half the Ammonite country as far as Aroer, near Rabbah;
from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Mahanaim,
The total number of towns allotted to the Merarite clans, who were the rest of the Levites, came to twelve.