Numbers 32:3

3. Ataroth Hebrew, crowns. There were several cities of this name.

This was probably in the land of Jazer. It has not been identified.

Dibon Joshua 13:17, note. Nimrah occurs only here. Modern research has not yet identified it. There are several places east of the Jordan whose names resemble this.

Heshbon Joshua 13:17, note.

Elealeh The extensive ruins of this place are still to be seen, bearing very nearly their ancient name, El-A’al, signifying the high, about a mile north of Heshbon on the summit of a rounded hill. Shebam is probably the same as Shibmah, Numbers 32:38, and Sibmah, Joshua 13:19, note.

Nebo This town was rebuilt by Reuben. It does not occur in the list of his towns (Joshua 13:15-23) unless it be under another name, as is intimated in Numbers 32:38. Nebo being the name of a heathen god would naturally be changed after its conquest by Israel.

Beon Baal-meon, Numbers 32:38, changed, probably to eliminate the pagan association, to Beth-meon, Jeremiah 48:23. It was Moabite in Ezekiel’s day, and named as one of the cities which are “the glory of the country.” The site is still known. “Taking a sweep on the fine turf to the south-east,” (from Heshbon,) says Tristram, “we passed by the ruins of Ma’in, (Baal-meon,) shapeless and featureless, at which a cursory glance was sufficient.”