Numbers 32:42

A man named Nobah went and captured Kenath city and the nearby towns, and then he put his own name to be the new name of that area.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

41Jair, who was also a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured the small towns in that region, and he named them the Towns of Jair.

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Cross References

Judges 8:11Gideon and his men went east along the road on which caravans travel. They went past Nobah and Jogbehah villages and arrived at the enemy camp by surprise.

Psalms 49:11Those wise people once had houses on land that they owned, but now their graves are their homes forever, the place where they will stay for all time!

Matthew Henry on Numbers 32:29-42

Inheritance of the Reubenites. ( b. c. 1452.) 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the Lord , and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have… Read the whole commentary →

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