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Joshua 13

Josh. 13:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Heshbon
Cheshbown (Hebrew #2809)
Cheshbon, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Heshbon.
Pronounce: khesh-bone'
Origin: the same as 2808
g, and all her cities
`iyr (Hebrew #5892)
or ayar (Judges 10:4) {aw-yar'}; from 5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
KJV usage: Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.
Pronounce: eer
Origin: or (in the plural) par {awr}
that are in the plain
miyshowr (Hebrew #4334)
from 3474; a level, i.e. a plain (often used (with the article prefix) as a properly, name of certain districts); figuratively, concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) justice (sometimes adverbially, justly)
KJV usage: equity, even place, plain, right(-eously), (made) straight, uprightness.
Pronounce: mee-shore'
Origin: or miyshor {mee-shore'}
; Dibon
Diybown (Hebrew #1769)
from 1727; pining
KJV usage: Dibon, the name of three places in Palestine:--Dibon. (Also, with 1410 added, Dibon-gad.)
Pronounce: dee-bome'
Origin: or (shortened) Diybon {dee-bone'}
, and γBamoth-baal
Bamowth (Hebrew #1120)
heights; or (fully) Bamowth Bahal {baw-moth' bah'-al}; from the same and 1168; heights of Baal; Bamoth or Bamoth-Baal, a place East of the Jordan
KJV usage: Bamoth, Bamoth-baal.
Pronounce: baw-moth'
Origin: plural of 1116
, and Beth-baal-meon
Beyth (Hebrew #1010)
house of Baal of (the) habitation of (apparently by transposition); or (shorter) Beyth M own {bayth me-own'}; house of habitation of (Baal); Beth- Baal-Meon, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Beth-baal-meon. Compare 1186 and 1194.
Pronounce: Ba`al
Origin: from 1004 and 1168 and 4583
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Num. 21:28,30• 28For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
 30We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. (Num. 21:28,30)
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the high places of Baal, and house of Baalmeon,
Num. 32:38• 38And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. (Num. 32:38)
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More on:

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Bamoth-baal,
Beth-baal-meon,
Dibon,
Heshbon,
Plain

Cross References

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Dibon.Eusebius says the city was situated in the plain of Arnon.Bamoth-baal.
or, the high places of Baal, and the house ofBaal-meon.
Num. 21:19• 19And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: (Num. 21:19)
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Num. 22:41• 41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. (Num. 22:41)
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Num. 32:38• 38And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. (Num. 32:38)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plateau, Dibon, and Bamoth-Baala, and Beth-Baal-meon,

JND Translation Notes

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High places of Baal.