Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon,
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Gill's Exposition
And Jahazah,.... Called Jahaz, Num 21:23, where the battle was fought between Sihon and Israel:
and Kedemoth; near to which was a wilderness, which took its name from it, from whence Moses sent…
The writer appends to the command of God Jos 13:1-7 a statement that the other two tribes and a half had already had their inheritance marked out for them by Moses in the land east of Jordan. The…
Adam Clarke
Bamoth-baal - The high places of Baal, probably so called from altars erected on hills for the impure worship of this Canaanitish Priapus.
Here we have, I. Orders given to Joshua to assign to each tribe its portion of this land, including that which was yet unsubdued, which must be brought into the lot, in a believing confidence that it…
Cambridge Bible
Bamoth-baal It was a site of the old heathen worship of Baal. It is probably mentioned under the shorter form of Bamoth, Num 21:19, or "Bamoth-in-the-ravine." It occurs again in Isa…