John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:26
And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim ,.... This was their coast from the south to the north, and so describes their eastern border, which reached from Heshbon, given to the tribe of Reuben, Joshua 13:7 ; to these places mentioned; Ramathmizpeh, the same with Ramothgilead, which Jerom F15 De loc. Heb. fol. 99. A. says was a village in his time, and lay two miles from Philadelphia or Rabbath before mentioned, to the east; it should be to the west; of Betonim we nowhere else... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 13:25
And their coast was Jazer ,.... Their southern coast; of Jazer, see Numbers 21:32 ; where it is called Jaazer, and is mentioned in Isaiah 16:8 ; and in Jeremiah 48:32 , where it is spoken of as a city of Moab, as it was in the days of those prophets: and all the cities of Gilead ; which lay in those parts, for the whole was not given to this tribe, half of Gilead was given to the half tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 13:31 , and half the land of the children of Ammon ; not what then... read more