And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
Key themes
Glossary
- Heshbon Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Hesban.
- Betonim Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Khirbet Batneh.
- Debir Place
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No pasture, ( 2 Sam. 17:27 ), a town in Gilead not far from Mahanaim, north of the Jabbok (9:4, 5). It is probably identical with Debir ( Josh. 13:26 ). Modern identification: Umm ed Debar.
- Mahanaim Place
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Two camps, a place near the Jabbok, beyond Jordan, where Jacob was met by the “angels of God,” and where he divided his retinue into “two hosts” on his return from Padan-aram ( Gen. 32:2 ). Modern identification: Tell edh Dhahab el Gharbi.
- Ramath-mizpeh Place
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The height of Mizpeh or of the watch-tower ( Josh. 13:26 ), a place mentioned as one of the limits of Gad. There were two Mizpehs on the east of the Jordan. Modern identification: Jel‘ad.