And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
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Glossary
- Ammon Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.
- Gilead Place
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Biblical region. Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab esh Sherqiyeh.
- Aroer Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet Udena.
- Jazer Place
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He (God) helps, a city of the Amorites on the east of Jordan, and assigned, with neighbouring places in Gilead, to Gad ( Num. 32:1 , 35; Josh. 13:25 ). It was allotted to the Merarite Levites (21:39). Modern identification: Khirbet Sara.
- Rabbah Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Amman.