and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir,
Parallel translations
- WEB and from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
- KJV And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir;
- BSB the territory from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir;
- NASB and from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the border of Debir;
- NLT It extended from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Lo-debar.
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Gad's land extended from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir.
Overview
These boundaries trace Gad's holdings through central Gilead. Mahanaim, meaning 'two camps,' was where Jacob had met the angels of God (Genesis 32:1-2) and later a refuge for David (2 Samuel 17:24). The land carried memories of God's protection, now part of Gad's inheritance.
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- 2 Sam 17:27When David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,
- 2 Sam 2:8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
- Judg 11:11Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
- Josh 21:38Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,
- Josh 20:8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- 1 Kgs 22:3The king of Israel said to his servants, “You know that Ramoth Gilead is ours, and we do nothing, and don’t take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?”
- 2 Sam 9:4–5The king said to him, “Where is he?” Ziba said to the king, “Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.”
- Gen 31:49and Mizpah, for he said, “Yahweh watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another.
- Judg 11:29Then Yahweh’s Spirit came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
- Gen 32:1–2Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Judg 10:17Then the children of Ammon were gathered together and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together and encamped in Mizpah.
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