But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to take a census of the people of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:5 - New Revised Standard Version They crossed the Jordan, and began from Aroer and from the city that is in the middle of the valley, toward Gad and on to Jazer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the south side of the city lying in the midst of the ravine [of the Arnon] toward Gad, and on to Jazer. American Standard Version (1901) And they passed over the Jordan, and encamped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, and unto Jazer: Common English Bible They crossed the Jordan River and began from Aroer and from the town that is in the middle of the valley of Gad, then on to Jazer. Catholic Public Domain Version And when they had passed across the Jordan, they arrived at Aroer, to the right of the city, which is in the Valley of Gad. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they had passed the Jordan, they came to Aroer to the right side of the city, which is in the vale of Gad. |
But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to take a census of the people of Israel.
Her towns will be deserted forever; they will be places for flocks, which will lie down, and no one will make them afraid.
Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they captured its villages, and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.
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—
From Aroer on the edge of the Wadi Arnon (including the town that is in the wadi itself) as far as Gilead, there was no citadel too high for us. The Lord our God gave everything to us.
Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba;
Their territory was Jazer, and all the towns of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites, to Aroer, which is east of Rabbah,
from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Wadi Arnon, and the town that is in the middle of the valley, and all the tableland from Medeba as far as Dibon;