And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
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Gill's Exposition
And eastward he inhabited,.... Either Bela, or the tribe of Reuben:
unto the entering in of the wilderness; the wilderness of Kedemoth, which was near to Sihon king of Heshbon, whose land the…
Adam Clarke
Who dwelt in Aroer - This town was situated on the river Arnon; and Nebo was both a city and a mountain in the same country. They both lay on the other side of Jordan.
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
Aroer now -Ar-âir, a heap of ruins near the wâdy Mojib, i.e. the Arnon(Jos 12:2). It passed from Sihon king of the Amorites into the hands of the Reubenites at the Conquest (ib.Jos 13:16). See…
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