Numbers 32:42
Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 son of Manasseh went and captured its towns and called them Havvoth Jair.
Cross References
Judges 8:11Gideon went up the road taken by tent dwellers, past Nobah and Jogbehah. He defeated the enemy army, because they were not expecting an attack.
Psalms 49:11Their inner thought is that their families will continue forever, 1 and the places where they live, to all generations; 1 they call their lands after their own names. 1
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 →