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Numbers 32:42

Numbers 32:42
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle,.... By which it seems that they had more in proportion than any of the other tribes; by what means it is not…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Kenath - Now Kenawat, an important site near the southern extremity of the tract el-Lejah, and on the western slopes of the mountains of the Hauran. The name given to it by its conqueror, as in other…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And Nobah went and took Kenath The clan Nobah appears to have given its name to a place, which is mentioned with Jogbehah (see Num 32:32) in Jdg 8:11. Kenath is identified by Euseb. and Jerome as…

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