Numbers 32:37
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
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Gill's Exposition
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,).... For Nebo was the name of an idol, after which perhaps the city was called: Baalmeon signifies "Baal's habitation", and where it is highly…
The Reubenites established themselves more compactly than the Gadites. Elcalch (el-’Al) a mile to the northeast; Nebo (Nebbeh) probably three miles to the southwest; Baal-meon (Main) nearly two miles…
Many of these towns have been identified with some probability. But the list represents a tradition very different from that in Jos 13:15-28 (P), and must be ultimately derived from an earlier source,…