And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
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Gill's Exposition
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,.... These all joined together, living together on the one side of Jordan:
of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and…
Adam Clarke
The suburbs of Sharon - There were three places of this name: that mentioned here was a district in the country of Bashan beyond Jordan, (see Jos 12:18); there was another that lay between Caesarea of…
We have here an extract out of the genealogies,
I. Of the tribe of Reuben, where we have,
1. The reason why this tribe is thus postponed. It is confessed that Reuben was the first-born of Israel, and,…
Cambridge Bible
in Gilead in Bashan Read, in Gilead, in Jabesh; cp. 1Ch 10:11-12. The phrase in Gilead in Bashanyields no good sense, for Gileadmeans the southern, and Bashanthe northern part of the territory of…
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